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I wish I had a journal/diary when I was a kid. Its so hard to recall those memories and try to relive it again. Does anyone here do journaling? Do y'all think about memories often? (sh.itjust.works)
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I don't have very detailed recollection of events, I remember like the equivalent of a one paragraph summary for entire events that should have like 5 pages of detail. I feel like I'm missing parts of me. Brains sucks so much when it comes to storage capacity.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 ;)

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So how do you keep them safe? Since its not digital, its hard to back up. One fire and its all gone.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.