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I fixed journaling for myself

Shown by kuehle on Jul 18, 2022. Click the card to turn it over.

66points

23comments

#817of 2,570 in 2022

Top 32%of 2022 by points

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3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.

Idea: 2 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against

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Fixed or generic prompts lead to fatigue
From 2 comments
- So your prompt changes daily? A fixed prompt likely was why I couldn't maintain it. The prompt was generic and open ended, but I tired quickly of coming up with new stuff to the…
  BeetleB on HN
- i am confused by the prompt i am getting: "Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one" i understand journaling to be about today, not…
  em-bee on HN
Journaling prompts are an old concept; physical journals already have them
From 1 comment
- Prompts for journals is an old concept. You can buy lots of (physical) journals that have 1-3 questions as a prompt on each day. Personally, I tried it and still failed to…
  BeetleB on HN

An open or skip option for days without a prompt
From 1 comment
- What a great idea for people that don't have too much time! I personally try to stick with the same topic every night(something on the theme of "what went well" or "what are you…
  stomczyk09 on HN
An about page explaining privacy and prompt sources
From 2 comments
- Cool idea. Include an about page somewhere. Where do you pull the questions from? Also a random idea is that you allow people to save their entry directly into a git repo, which…
  Evidlo on HN
- Really nice. I love how lightweight the page is. I think it just needs an about page or overlay with a note about privacy. (Btw, the <style> element should go inside the head,…
  perilunar on HN
Cloud or git storage option
From 2 comments
- This is awesome! Had been looking for something like this for a while. Small suggestion/question (you would have probably thought about it and I wonder if you consciously decided…
  pidusd on HN
- Cool idea. Include an about page somewhere. Where do you pull the questions from? Also a random idea is that you allow people to save their entry directly into a git repo, which…
  Evidlo on HN

Where do the prompts come from?
From 2 comments
- Cool idea. Include an about page somewhere. Where do you pull the questions from? Also a random idea is that you allow people to save their entry directly into a git repo, which…
  Evidlo on HN
- This is really cool OP - did you create the list of prompts? I'm working on Paper Website[1], which lets you turn a handwritten journal into a tiny daily blog. I've written…
  tinyprojects on HN
Why CSV export?
From 1 comment
- Well done, and the one-click download/local data was exactly my first thought when visiting. One question: why CSV?
  stakkur on HN

Day 1 journaling app
From 2 comments
- I use Day 1 and talk into it, listen back and reflect
  mettamage on HN
- There is not yet an open feature as you suggested but I feel like this could be nice. Not only for journaling but also for todo lists or similar, just starting every day with a…
  kuehle on HN
Paper Website
From 1 comment
- This is really cool OP - did you create the list of prompts? I'm working on Paper Website[1], which lets you turn a handwritten journal into a tiny daily blog. I've written…
  tinyprojects on HN