I have kept one off and on. I like writing using pen and paper. Given that I type much more quickly and I'm at a computer all day, a file-based journal is more

I have kept one off and on. I like writing using pen and paper. Given that I type much more quickly and I'm at a computer all day, a file-based journal is more pragmatic. I wrote a simple script 14 years ago to automate the organization for me. http://pastebin.com/pnWQemAf http://pastebin.com/pnWQemAf I just alias a simple one letter command to "jour.py work" or "jour.py blog" and running it will open a file with a date-based name in my editor of choice. Re-running it on the same day gets me the same file. This method has the advantage of a very organized, timeless format. The disadvantage is that it's on my local machine. Of course, a cloud based file store could be used, but there is no default encryption and there is no mobile option.