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.


So… digital vs physical?
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 ;)
So how do you keep them safe? Since its not digital, its hard to back up. One fire and its all gone.
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.