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I do and have been doing so for 50 years or so, since I was a little boy in the 70s, learning to deal with everything that was not so great happening with and around me. And I will agree with you: I would feel incomplete if I was not journaling regularly. Regularly, because I've had and still have periods in my life where I don't journal much if at all, but I know it's always a temporary phase.
The great thing is that even though you can't write back the journals you have not written back then, you can easily do two things:
BTW, if you're interested in journaling, or anyone if anyone else is, I'm the admin of a journaling community over there: !journaling@sh.itjust.works
Not much is going on for the time being as I had to put my regular posting on hold for now but we gained a lot of new subscribers, like a lot. So, I know there is interest in that topic it's probably just that people seem to be shy about sharing their personal experience. So, you're more than welcome to start a new topic to share your experience and questions (and also your frustration) as I'm sure al lot of people should be able to understand that, and maybe give you suggestions.
I remain convinced posting more is the only way to encourage people to start participating more and is also the best way, hopefully, to give newcomers the opportunity to start their own journaling journey. Alas, for the time being I've very little time to do that myself but I would still love to further discuss your remarks, if you ever feel like it.
Edit: clarifications.
I was about to tag you, happy to see you already commented!
Thx, appreciate the intention :)
So... digital vs physical?
I've been doing both, the longest is obviously analog but I've been doing digital since the 90s (and was a happy user of DayOne back when it was first introduced). For the last few years, I'm fully back to analog without any plan to go back to digital: privacy concerns plus I prefer pen and paper ;)
So how do you keep them safe? Since its not digital, its hard to back up. One fire and its all gone.
I don't bother much about keeping them safe. Something I think we discussed in the journaling community but I can't recall when and if that's not the case, the is more than worth discussing it over there ;)
Short answer: it's not hard (nor long) to take snapshots/scans of each new page. But it may also not be that important... it all depends how you view your journal.