I’ve been journalling on Day One since February 2013. When I heard about Apple’s Journal I wasn’t impressed because of lack of export features and the lack of macOS support. I write long text and don’t want to bother with a virtual keyboard. But I’m beginning to think that the whole point of the app is not to write some memoirs but simply to help remembering. In my opinion that’s why the app lacks search and export features. Because it’s not meant to be searched in or shared. It is not a note taking app. It is meant to act on your brain.
In my almost 11 years of journalling, I’ve never searched or shared anything, and I couldn’t tell what I wrote last week. But very, very often I remember feeling something and writing about it years later. And this is exactly when the whole process becomes useful, when you can rely on how you analyzed a situation rather than feel the discomfort of it.
I’ve been journalling on Day One since February 2013. When I heard about Apple’s Journal I wasn’t impressed because of lack of export features and the lack of macOS support. I write long text and don’t want to bother with a virtual keyboard. But I’m beginning to think that the whole point of the app is not to write some memoirs but simply to help remembering. In my opinion that’s why the app lacks search and export features. Because it’s not meant to be searched in or shared. It is not a note taking app. It is meant to act on your brain.
In my almost 11 years of journalling, I’ve never searched or shared anything, and I couldn’t tell what I wrote last week. But very, very often I remember feeling something and writing about it years later. And this is exactly when the whole process becomes useful, when you can rely on how you analyzed a situation rather than feel the discomfort of it.
Anyone should have a diary.
Yes, my entries in the journal app is much less thought out and structured than what I normally do for my diary entries.
I just wonder how easy it will be to find an entry if you want to look back after 1000s of entries. But I guess the app will also still grow with us.