[ViktorBash]

I wish I could journal straight into a directory, but I've found that it's crucial to have mobile access to my notes. That's why I mainly now write everything in Google Docs since it's simple and convenient (I tried Notion but was not a fan for various reasons I won't get into it).

The only issue with Docs though is there's no Vim support of course, which has annoyed me for a while. I finally got around to building an extension for it though if anyone is interested: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vim-for-google-doc...

[dingnuts]

Am I the only person who finds the idea of journaling into third party cloud to be an incredibly privacy-invading concept?

I always think of a journal as something containing notes that are raw enough that I would be embarrassed if any other person read them. The idea of sending that over a network to be stored in plain text on someone else's server is just horrifying to me.

I'd rather open JuiceSSH and log into my machine and open vim. Or I could use Synology Drive to edit a plain text document stored on my NAS. Is that really -that much- less convenient than opening a Google Doc? How inconvenient does the task need to be for me to allow random Googlers or their algorithms to read my innermost thoughts?

[ViktorBash]

Yeah, I don't disagree. The notes I'm putting in Google Docs usually err on the side of being blog post ideas or things that I'd want to share with people at some point after I refine it. When it comes down to privacy for sensitive thoughts it's kind of hard to beat local files (and the inconvenience of mobile is just the price to pay).