author: “Luke Rawlins”
date: “2023-08-14”
title: The problem of too much choice
description: “Linux needs a good journaling app”
url: /journal-apps
tags:
– Linux
– Journal
For the last 3 years or so I've been journaling almost daily on a Mac and iOS
app called bear.
A few months ago, when I started trying to commit to using my Linux laptop more
often than the Mac I started looking around for a good cross platform
journaling application.
Finding a notetaking application is no problem at all. Finding one with a privacy policy I could live with and had the same ease of use as bear was another thing entirely. So far I haven't been able to find anything that isn't web based or electron that I can really get into.
The problem isn't that there aren't enough choices, the problem is that there
are too many choices and I can't pick one. The main problem with this is that
I've neglected my journal for the last 3 or 4 months to the point that I don't
make time for it like I used to.
I'm starting to have choice paralysis. I've spent a few months stringing my
journals between plain text, standard notes, libre office, and a regular old
notebook. Not only will I likely never be able to really keep track of those entries, now
I feel defeated everytime I sit down to write – since I know deep down I
probably won't want to use that same app again tomorrow.
What's the point of the post? Basically, just to let you all know that I'm
indecisive and it's causing a mild amount of anxiety in my life that I could
easily solve by just continuing to use the app I've been happy with for years...
but that would mean not using my laptop for journaling and that annoys me a
little bit as well.
Damned if you do damned if you don't...