I really enjoyed this episode, I’m just happy to see other dudes who journal. I honestly didn’t start sooner because it felt to “girly” and not “MAN” enough. I used to work with other guys who would laugh at other men who kept a journal. I’ve since seen the light and the only thing I regret is not starting sooner.
I’m the type who rather use something simple and futureproof so count me out of Day One. I’ve seen far too many companies disappear and my biggest fear is losing all the notes I’ve collected. I do an average of 10k words a week and it’s a tool that I’ve come to depend on for my business.
I even tried to use TextEdit because it’s built in and the RTF format won’t be going away anytime soon. I had to stop using it because for some reason Spotlight or Windows Search can’t read an RTF file if it has images in it. It’s the craziest thing ever. One single image and Spotlight says it never existed.
So I end up using Bear Notes and exporting to PDF because Spotlight has no issue reading and indexing those.
I’ve also developed a way for me to link my notes to other notes in a future-proof way, as long as you have a way to search text it will always work. It also allows me to link things not in my notes like files on my computer just by putting a timestamp in the “comments” in the get info on MacOS files. If I need to refer back to a point in my journal I say “search for… whatever the time stamp is” and it not only takes me to that entry but also the exact spot in that entry. This has been so vital for me in my business as I test things out and need to refer back to the original test in my current week’s journal entry.