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I store everything as plaintext as a rule.

There has to be a good reason to use more sophisticated software.

I also keep my journal as one long text file, by year.

Using Linux, I could keep them as daily files and use the immensely powerful 'grep' or 'cat' functions to search or assemble all the files into one but I choose to keep the journal as one file.

Why?

Because it allows me to scan what I did yesterday and follow on a few of the key points to make the writing and thought process flow.

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