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Prompts for journals is an old concept. You can buy lots of (physical) journals that have 1-3 questions as a prompt on each day. Personally, I tried it and sti

• kuehle 4y ago
  Do you have an idea why you could not maintain it? I think another component why I open the page every day is that I only have the chance to fill this question that day - something that you wouldn't have in the paper one.
  • BeetleB 4y ago
    So your prompt changes daily? A fixed prompt likely was why I couldn't maintain it. The prompt was generic and open ended, but I tired quickly of coming up with new stuff to the same questions. But the likely real reason is that it just became a chore. I probably should have reduced it to once a week or something. I have kind of tried that as well and still failed. Another reason is quality. The first draft of anything sucks really bad, but I don't want to write badly. It's a lot more effort to write something present or future me will be happy with. Ultimately, I think it's a matter of perspective and priority. I like the idea of journaling, but it is somewhat labor intensive (especially if the "first draft" is not good enough for you). The reality is I often choose to do something else with that time.