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# Overview
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## What is jrnl?
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`jrnl` is a simple journal application for
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your command line. Journals are stored as human readable plain text
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files - you can put them into a Dropbox folder for instant syncing and
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you can be assured that your journal will still be readable in 2050,
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when all your fancy iPad journal applications will long be forgotten.
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`jrnl` also plays nice with the fabulous
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[DayOne](http://dayoneapp.com) and can read and write directly from and
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to DayOne Journals.
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Optionally, your journal can be encrypted using the [256-bit
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AES](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard).
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## Why keep a journal?
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Journals aren't just for angsty teenagers and people who have too much
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time on their summer vacation. A journal helps you to keep track of the
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things you get done and how you did them. Your imagination may be
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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.
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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
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complement to your GTD todo list - a documentation of what and how
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you've done it. Or use it as a quick way to keep a change log. Or use it
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to keep a lab book.
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