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I began journaling in my 20's by quickly recapping the day's itinerary in a Sierra Club day calendar given to me on every birthday. (Sadly, those somehow went missing during a move years ago. I'm hoping they're just buried in the bottom of a box somewhere!)

Since 1999, I've been using DailyDiary [1] to journal and track specific topics such as my personal day-to-day activities, weight, exercise, health issues, kid's day-to-day, specific projects, etc. The key for me is to be consistent, and the email nature of DailyDiary tries to reduce that friction as much as possible.

Having so much (searchable) written history has proven immensely helpful on occasion. And it's fun to reminisce when reminded of an event in the past. The kids get a kick out of hearing stories of their past too.

[1] https://www.dailydiary.com/

Disclosure: I'm the founder.