I don’t have very detailed recollection of events, I remember like the equivalent of a one paragraph summary for entire events that should have like 5 pages of detail. I feel like I’m missing parts of me. Brains sucks so much when it comes to storage capacity.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I do and have been doing so for 50 years or so, since I was a little boy in the 70s, learning to deal with everything that was not so great happening with and around me. And I will agree with you: I would feel incomplete if I was not journaling regularly. Regularly, because I’ve had and still have periods in my life where I don’t journal much if at all, but I know it’s always a temporary phase.

    The great thing is that even though you can’t write back the journals you have not written back then, you can easily do two things:

    1. Start journaling today. No need to invest much, be it in time or money (buying fancy notebooks or apps).
    2. Start a ‘past journal’, like someone writing their souvenirs or memoirs. I will often do that after one of those pauses I mentioned, as a way to keep a record of what I remember.

    BTW, if you’re interested in journaling, or anyone if anyone else is, I’m the admin of a journaling community over there: !journaling@sh.itjust.works

    Not much is going on for the time being as I had to put my regular posting on hold for now but we gained a lot of new subscribers, like a lot. So, I know there is interest in that topic it’s probably just that people seem to be shy about sharing their personal experience. So, you’re more than welcome to start a new topic to share your experience and questions (and also your frustration) as I’m sure al lot of people should be able to understand that, and maybe give you suggestions.

    I remain convinced posting more is the only way to encourage people to start participating more and is also the best way, hopefully, to give newcomers the opportunity to start their own journaling journey. Alas, for the time being I’ve very little time to do that myself but I would still love to further discuss your remarks, if you ever feel like it.

    Edit: clarifications.

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        I’ve been doing both, the longest is obviously analog but I’ve been doing digital since the 90s (and was a happy user of DayOne back when it was first introduced). For the last few years, I’m fully back to analog without any plan to go back to digital: privacy concerns plus I prefer pen and paper ;)

          • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            11 days ago

            I don’t bother much about keeping them safe. Something I think we discussed in the journaling community but I can’t recall when and if that’s not the case, the is more than worth discussing it over there ;)

            Short answer: it’s not hard (nor long) to take snapshots/scans of each new page. But it may also not be that important… it all depends how you view your journal.