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Journaling

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Hello! First time in the doing anything like this, so please bear with me! There isn’t a place for people to post or talk about their journaling, which can be very helpful to others. So I decided to make one … even though I’ve never done anything remotely close to this. ———————————————————————— Welcome

This is a community for all journal related things prompts, questions, showing off, really anything relating to journaling. Always on the move, show off your everyday carry journal set up. Don’t write down paragraphs upon paragraphs of words, no worries! No matter how you journal or how you decide to keep your journal this community is for anyone who wants to share or just excited to see others set ups. ———————————————————————— Rules

No hateful conduct

Due to the nature of journaling posts can be very personal. Anyone who is found to be overly negative or discriminatory towards another member within this community will receive repercussions relative to the situation. Have basic etiquette, this community is based on positivity and that will remain my goal throughout.

No spam

Spam will be considered as posting the same content more than three times. ———————————————————————— Note

As this is my first time creating a community please let me know if there are any rules I should implement. I am completely open to feedback and criticism as long as it’s for the best interest of the community.

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Does anyone have any recommendations for a good open source journaling app that can rival Day One Journal?

I'm looking for something end-to-end encrypted—I know Day One claims to be E2E, but I'm not sure I trust it.

I use Joplin for my general note taking, but It's not really a suitable alternative for journaling.

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[–] LilithElina@literature.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'm just getting started with journaling and still have to figure out what I want and need.

[–] GiuseppeLasagna@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course! I’m probably just being picky 😂. I got used to more fancy features of an app made specifically for journaling. But so far, I’m not missing them tooo much haha.

[–] LilithElina@literature.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

By the way, if you don't mind self-hosting, Journiv could be an alternative. I really like it, but don't have time to figure out how to host it right now. 😅

[–] GiuseppeLasagna@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

That’s starting to look like something I want! I’ll definitely experiment with it. But, like you said, managing a self-host thing would take more effort. I’d also want a mobile app since I tend to write down smaller thoughts when I’m away from my computer. But this is a good start! Thanks for the share 😎