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Re:Ask HN: What do you want your journaling habits to be? by krrishd on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:17PM (#21696814)
Posted this here a few times in response to this q: I use an app that I made myself (http://write.itskrish.co), its defining features being:

1. you choose a fixed duration of time within which to journal (i choose 15 minutes even though it is initially tough to spend all of)

2. if you stop typing for more than a few seconds within the duration, you lose your writing

These constraints basically force me to dump anything and everything on my mind for the sake of continuous typing (to not lose what i've written), and I've been successfully doing it at least 1-2 times a week for a few years now. All your entries are also saved locally in-browser only, with the option to export a savefile. Source code: https://github.com/krrishd/write

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want your journaling habits to be? by yesenadam on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @06:15PM (#21697932)
Haha nice idea..Don't think I could do that - wouldn't want to lose what I wrote, but I like it. Sounds like "morning pages", the idea from the Artist's Way books. The idea is to write 3 pages quickly (by hand) every morning - exactly as you say, just dumping from your mind, writing anything without editing or censoring. You do that every morning without rereading. I tried that years ago for a few weeks, it's definitely worth trying. Especially good if you're stressed or have to unload emotions somewhere.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want your journaling habits to be? by banjodeluxe on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:34AM (#21711305)
That's a great idea, I'll take a look
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