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I keep a daily journal using the Day One app. [1] It has a nice feature to print-to-order a physical book of your entries. I have done this for a few "collectio
by satysin 5y ago
I keep a daily journal using the Day One app. [1] It has a nice feature to print-to-order a physical book of your entries. I have done this for a few "collections" of entries such as birthdays, weddings and other special/big events per year.
And of course I regularly export my entries to PDF and text files which I keep backed up in several places. While not fool proof I believe it is enough to ensure it is all available if I were to suddenly die tomorrow. Perhaps a few recent entries might get lost if they cannot access the most recent entries locked in Day One but the vast majority should remain.
Obviously I don't know if any kids or grandkids (if I have any one day) will ever read all I have written but it will at least be there should they want to :)
I don't journal for them though. I do it for myself. Day One prompts me each day to review past entries for the day which I love. I also like to sit down from time to time and read back to past memories. It is full not just for writing but photos, videos, news articles, conversations I've had online, voice memos and a whole bunch of other things. Obviously the videos and voice recordings are not possible in the printed versions but they are all exported and backed up.
If anyone reading this is thinking of keeping a journal I can't recommend Day One enough! It is one of the few apps I don't mind paying the yearly subscription for which says a lot as I detest subscription apps generally.
[1] https://dayoneapp.com/ https://dayoneapp.com/