Lite JournalStart journaling free →Guides · 8 essays
Field notes on writing,
memory, and a quiet life.
Long reads on the practice of journaling — how to start, how to keep going, how to read what you've written. Written by people who actually use Lite Journal.
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01
How to start journaling (and actually keep going)
The five rules I wish someone had told me before I tried — and abandoned — five different journaling apps.
8 MIN
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02
The morning pages experiment
Three weeks of writing 750 words before coffee. What it changed, what it didn't, and whether it's worth the alarm.
6 MIN
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03
Tags vs. folders: why structure kills writing
On the small but compounding cost of choosing where a thought belongs before you've thought it.
5 MIN
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04
Writing about people in your journal
How to write honestly about the people in your life without writing things you'll regret.
7 MIN
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05
Reading your old entries
On the strange experience of meeting your past self, and what to do with what you find there.
4 MIN
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06
End-of-year review, the journal way
A six-question prompt for reading the year you actually had — not the one you posted.
9 MIN
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07
Tracking films, books, and concerts in one place
Why a unified timeline of experiences beats five separate apps. With examples.
5 MIN
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08
Privacy is a feature
What encryption, row-level security, and not-training-on-your-data actually mean for your journal.
6 MIN
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