Journaling is one of my favorite activities. That being said, I’ve taken forever to find the right means of doing it. I tried a regular Word document, at least twenty apps on my iPhone and a couple on my PC too. In fact, at one point I spent $100 on an app that didn’t even work.
I currently use an app called Day One on my iPhone. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best I can get so far. That is, at one point there was an app called Dyrii that was better, but they went into maintenance mode and at the last update, messed things up pretty bad.
In addition to journaling, I love to collect journaling prompts. I probably have about twenty collections of journaling prompts in my various book apps and on my PC. I don’t use prompts as much as I’d like, but just the thought of having them at hand is helpful. It may be a kind of autistic perseveration, but oh well.
In Day One, I have four different journals righ tnow. One is a general journal that I rarely update. The second is specifically for my alters to journal their thoughts. The third is a prompt-based journal and the fourth is a gratitude journal.
Just yesterday, I thought of starting another one, specifically for chronicling my recovery from compulsive overeating. I also may want to start a quote-based journal. I so far decided against either of these, but Day One allows unlimited journals if you have the Premium version. Which I’ve had a couple of times but each time deactivated again. I’m pretty sure I’ll keep the Premium subscription now though.
This post was written for #SoCS, for which the prompt today is “Jour”.
A Multitude of Musings 
You’ve inspired me astrid! I am going to use day one also and make a prompts based journal which I hope to write in daily! How much does a subscription to day one cost?
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Awesome! The premium version costs €37.99/year I think. The free one allows for one journal and doesn’t allow sync or passcode/touchID protection. Day One does have its own built-in prompts which are available on the free plan too.
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Journaling really keeps the mind active too!
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That’s so true indeed.
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I’ve been journaling for almost 60 years. I’ve always used a physical book. What we called scribbles back in the last century. But it took years to find the right one. I hated having to break the binding to flatten the page enough so I could write comfortably. I finally found the right journal in Staples, of all places.
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So glad you found the right one for you! I at one point used a physical (Braille, as I’m blind) journal too, but that didn’t last.
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I like this
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