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Thanks for your replies. I don't want to journal digitally. Yes I am writing my autobiography but don't need my journals for that.

When you say you wouldn't keep them do you mean all of the...

Hi, I'd just like some advice about journals if possible. Apologies in advance for the long post.

I’ve kept journals on and off since 1992. I threw out ten years worth of them in 2001 and...

Hi, thank you for your replies. I do have a smart phone but I don't know about writing on it with a stylus as its not a very big screen. I have tried using a Word document on my laptop but its not...

Hi, thank you for your replies. I do have a smart phone but I don't know about writing on it with a stylus as its not a very big screen. I have tried using a Word document on my laptop but its not...

Hi, since destroying my journals a few months ago now, I don't regret that action as I have them scanned so can look at them if I want to (which to be honest I hardly ever do) but I do miss writing...

So after all that pondering on what to do, I've finally decided to let them go, the physical ones at least, they are still scanned on my hard drive. I am now keeping a simple spiral notebook as a...

Just wondering in these technological times, does anyone still use a Filofax? I used to use one up until about four years ago, moved onto a slim line diary and now I use the calendar on my phone, I...

Hi, I am still in the process of making a decison on my journals so have come up with the idea to edit the originals (which are also scanned) and take out any entries that I wouldn't want anyone to...

Hi, still not shredded the journals I've had scanned but will get round to it when I pluck up the courage :) As you know I am still debating on keeping a paper journal aswell as one on the computer...

Hi, this topic also rings a bell for me. I have just paid to have my journals scanned onto a disk and am still contemplating shredding the originals. I have bought a shredder but am still...

Thank you for your replies. The purpose of me having my old journals scanned was for privacy reasons, I am going shred the hard copies but start up a paper journal again minus the things I find too...

Well I have now bought a shredder ready for shredding my old journals, I haven't done it yet though as I am still plucking up courage. As I've said in my other post, I do still want to keep a paper...

Thanks all, I think Early Morning's idea is what I will go with, writing anything that may be hurtful to anyone on the computer and keep a written journal for general entries, also for letting off...

Hi Early Morning, this is just the kind of thing I worry about, leaving behind hurtful words and wrong images of me.

Hi Peggy, I understand what you mean as I am researching my family history and its helpful to find any kind of information but my journals do contain my private thoughts, things I have done which no...

I do sometimes look back at my old journals, somehow handwritten diaries have more appeal and seem more real but like you I worry about them being read and also I can type more these days than I can...

Hi Bunnys, it cost me £145 to get the scanning done which isn't really cheap.

You say you do a virtual journal because of privacy. Hope you don't mind me asking but why is this? Do you feel safer...

Hi all, now I have had my journals scanned onto a disc, I have the originals back but they are now loose pages bound together in the books with elastic bands. My plan was to shred them, that was the...

Float on, I sometimes read my journal entries, I tend to just pick a book up at random and look through, though not very often but I just like to know the journals are still there if you know what I...

Steve, thanks for your reply, seems like a good idea, more private too.

Simplemind, sorry but I am confused, what do you mean by I have set you free?

Hi, I have finally decided to get my journals scanned by a printing company. Someone came round earlier to pick them up. That's it, decision made. I wanted rid of the clutter and the worry about them...

Do you save these? I have small appointment diaries/Filofax inserts going back some years, they don't take up a lot of space and are nice to look back on and not too personal so don't need to be well...

Hi, following on from my earlier post, I have found a scanning company in my city and asked for a quote online, it seems to have my seven journals scanned it may end up costing me over £100, so now I...

Thats a good idea Bunnys and I am researching my own family history but I wouldn't want anyone to read my journals, even close family members. If they were a record of events it would be different...

I have Adobe Reader on my laptop but when I scan something to PDF it doesn't show in the file. I can scan to TIFF or JPEG and then it comes out OK.