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.. _overview:
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Overview
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What is jrnl?
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`jrnl` is a simple journal application for your command line. Journals are stored as human readable plain text files - you can put them into a Dropbox folder for instant syncing and you can be assured that your journal will still be readable in 2050, when all your fancy iPad journal applications will long be forgotten.
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`jrnl` also plays nice with the fabulous `DayOne <http://dayoneapp.com>`_ and can read and write directly from and to DayOne Journals.
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Optionally, your journal can be encrypted using the `256-bit AES <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard>`_.
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Why keep a journal?
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Journals aren't only for 13-year old girls and people who have too much time on their summer vacation. A journal helps you to keep track of the things you get done and how you did them. Your imagination may be limitless, but your memory isn't.
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For personal use, make it a good habit to write at least 20 words a day. Just to reflect what made this day special, why you haven't wasted it.
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For professional use, consider a text-based journal to be the perfect complement to your GTD todo list - a documentation of what and how you've done it. Or use it as a quick way to keep a change log. Or use it to keep a lab book.
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