Journaling Just Works

I've been journaling since the late 70s, I started as a child and I'm an analog journaler. That being said, I'm also curious and always willing to experiment with new tools and I've used many. Some I've been using them for many years because them and I we worked great together. Tools ranging from the typewriter to the computer, the smartphone and the tablet. I've also used tape recorders (be it standard cassettes or the mini ultra portable ones, the MP3 player or, here again, the phone). I still own a mini recorder I use from time to time, it's a cool device but the sound is so... meh, at best. In the end, I've always come back to good old pen and paper. It feels like home to me.

The longest affair I've had it's with DayOne (Mac/iOS/Web). I remember switching to it almost the day it was realized, I can’t recall the year but back then the iPhone was still more or less a new product and the app itself was a one time purchase (no subscription) and was made by a small independent company. It was wo great I purchased the Mac version when it was released. It was groundbreakingly refreshing, and great, and cool, and so effing nice to use. I'm smiling just thinking about it. It felt almost as intuitive as using pen and and paper. I loved DayOne. As a long time user, I never was asked to pay when they switched to the subscription model, which is really nice gesture (I would still be able to use it without paying to this day) but I also realized the company changing hands (it’s now owned by the same that own… WordPress) was not going in the direction I wanted. So I slowly, and hesitantly, quit using Day One. It took me a few years to finally decide I had enough of the app as it was and to decide to fully commit back to pen and paper. I’ve not had any other serious affair since then, just a few flirts ;)