Comments on: 30 Days to a Better Man Day 8: Start a Journal

By: Joshua Nelson

Joshua Nelson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:08:48 +0000

One other site you should mention for the digital medium is 750words.com – it is great. It is geared towards writing “morning pages” (roughly 750 words) every day, but it is entirely private, exportable (backups in .txt form) and free! (Note it is only free until May 1, 2013, then all new accounts will pay a small fee).

I’ve been writing off and on with that site, as well as occasionally in other notebooks. Works great. I’m inspired by this post to be more diligent in ym journalling, though

By: David

David — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:19:40 +0000

I’m 20 and I’ve started writing a journal since late December of 2011 when I went to Israel. I wrote in it everyday there. I had to deal with my cat who I had for 11 years die so I wrote straight for a few weeks. I stopped and now I only write when something I feel every important happens. However I plan to stop that and make it a daily one. I have a small pocket size moleskin one which I plan to upgrade to a large notebook sized one.

By: Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:10:56 +0000

Day One is the journal/Diary app I use on my mac and iPhone. It’s pretty great

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:39:34 +0000

I kept a journal from 1998 to 2012. I wrote everything in those books, from trips, to who my teachers were, even to conflicts in relationships. Well, a few months back, my wife found the journals, read them, and took exception to some doubts and concerns I’ve had over the years. My journals are now destroyed. 14 years of my life has been wiped away. Not sure I can ever do it again.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:39:24 +0000

I been using Penzu.com for my journal. My brother started me when I was younger and I fell out of the habit, cant even tell you where they went. Since then I spent 10 years in inner city EMS and the as a dispatch supervisor and got back into the habit to help melt away all the crap we hide and bottle up inside us.

By: George

George — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:12:34 +0000

Great article! I mostly liked the legacy effect of writing a daily journal.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:04:40 +0000

I love Evernote but don’t journal in it (I use Day One), but a great analogue digital mashup is to journal on paper and then photograph and import the entry to Evernote. Gives you a searchable (depending on your handwriting!) back up of you journals. There are a few notebooks and apps coming out that are designed for this very purpose.

By: Russell

Russell — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:00:56 +0000

Do you spell check proof your journal. I keep mine in reg comp notebook. I have a tendency to be a grammar Nazi, but it takes away, for me, my journaling experience because I’m always double checking spelling and punctuation.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:50:09 +0000

Hey, this is a great article. I just included a link to it over at DailyTekk.com as part of my review of Day One for iOS.

Thanks for the info–especially the list of famous guys who had kept journals!

By: Fabio Bracht

Fabio Bracht — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:08:51 +0000

That’s it, I’m starting a journal the first day of 2013.

And it will be analog. I’ll go to the store later today and I’m gonna buy a fine, actual, journal to write in it. I tried digital a couple of times recently, but never commited, so I want that sucker every night under my pillow, screaming to my ear: ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE OR NOT, YOU DICKHEAD?!

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Also, for those who wish to start a digital journal, there’s a tool that, in my opinion, is better than any one listed here. http://www.ohlife.com

It’s a journal, it’s private, and it’s practical — you get an email every day (or every week, if you so choose) asking about how was your life. You reply to it and that’s your journal entry. It’s pretty neat.