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Can you think of anything better than just opening every single file and manually transcribing it? No, because the work of manual transcription is a way of tel

Can you think of anything better than just opening every single file and manually transcribing it? No, because the work of manual transcription is a way of telling if transcribing them is worth doing. Or maybe pay someone to transcribe it. Spending money is also a good way to tell if something matters (assuming you have sufficient money). Orthogonally, maybe building a system is what you really want to do (for many people that would be more enjoyable than revisiting old journal content). Finally, starting from hand transcription is an entry point into rewriting what you wrote. Rewriting is writing and if there's publication on your roadmap, you will be rewriting anyway. There's no easy way to write well. Good luck.

bckr 2y ago
> No, because the work of manual transcription is a way of telling if transcribing them is worth doing. Yes, for a percent of the work. I have spent a bunch of time already digitizing my journals (including a loooong detour where I had to organize them because I didn’t exactly have them in chronological order…) I have seen and manually transcribed enough of my journals to know I want the rest. But it’s not worth it to do it manually at this time. > Orthogonally, maybe building a system is what you really want to do (for many people that would be more enjoyable than revisiting old journal content). And I do want to build a system to do this, as part of my own personal mind bike. Thanks for your comment.