I have been doing a one-line-a-day journal for the past two years. If I ever feel like writing more I have a separate section for that, but I only ever tell myself to write the one line. It's the first time I have been able to consistently write in a journal for a very long time before I started. My entries are not nearly as "composed" as the examples here, though, just tiny highlights of what happened during the day.

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binaryturtle 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I once made one photo out of my window every day for a year. "Project 266 days", I called it. That year (2016) had a few very foggy days, so all I was able to shot on those days was white. :D

I guess writing a short journal everyday is a bit similar like this. Just forcing yourself into a routine of some sort. Just to get one thing surely checked off per day.

	▲	yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> every day for a year. "Project 266 days", I called it Okay, I have to ask an obvious question.

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Lyngbakr 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is the point of journalling for you to have memories to look back on or to help you process what happened during the day or another reason? (I've never tried it so I'm trying to understand the purpose.)

	▲	bgoated01 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Probably the biggest purpose for me is to have something to look back on. The last time I consistently journaled before this was during the time when I dated, got engaged to, and married my wife. Granted, that was more than a line journal, but it has been really nice for us to go back and read it together all this time later. With the line journal it is more of a prompt to help me remember that time period than a detailed description. But also I guess there is an autobiographical aspect to it that appeals to me--maybe someday I'll use it to help write an actual autobiography. And if not I also like to think of it as something to leave for my kids or grandkids to read when I'm gone.