| I think we all truly want our children and special | | | | Make your digital journal special. |
| loved ones to know about us, and almost get to | | | | When you're doing a digital journal post, make it |
| look through our eyes and see how we lived and | | | | special and personal. Too often, people are just |
| enjoyed our lives. Most people do not truly give | | | | recording occurrences, merely documenting things |
| themselves or their children the opportunity to do | | | | that happened throughout the day. With a digital |
| this. Special occasion journaling doesn't have to be | | | | journaling program, you have a wonderful |
| done daily - you can just create journal posts for | | | | opportunity to not only document what you did |
| your special occasions; for holidays or family | | | | but also who you did it with and how you did it, |
| reunions, weekends away or anniversaries. Special | | | | how it made you feel and how it changed you |
| occasion journaling doesn't have to become a | | | | and your life. It doesn't even have to be positive |
| chore or something that you do everyday. | | | | all the time - your digital journal entries can be |
| Instead, if you trap important details and | | | | negative. Give people an opportunity to share in |
| memories in these journal entries they become a | | | | your humanity. Incorporating emotions or feelings |
| rich tapestry of your life's memories. | | | | is truly an amazing gift for yourself and your |
| Traditional journaling vs. digital journaling programs. | | | | future generations. |
| In traditional journaling, you took a hard copy | | | | Protect your digital journal. |
| book and wrote things in it. A digital journaling | | | | You need to protect your digital memories for |
| program today has morphed into something that | | | | now and for your future generations. Otherwise, |
| you can now collate and relate with your digital | | | | your precious memories could be gone. Implement |
| memories on your computer. A digital journaling | | | | a three-tiered backup system. With a three-tiered |
| program becomes a tool for directing people | | | | system, your memories are backed up away |
| through all of the amazing details that can be | | | | from your house, backed up at your house and |
| missed in your photos, videos and other digital | | | | backed up with an automatic backup system |
| memories. | | | | offsite. Some great websites offer these services |
| Save your memories and digital journal entries | | | | now. |
| into a single system. | | | | If you implement these strategies, you'll discover |
| Preferably use a digital journaling program that is | | | | how clearly you get to relive your life. Also, your |
| contained in the same program that stores your | | | | children and your future generations will really get |
| memories. This will make it easy for you and | | | | a chance to relive your life through your eyes. |
| your future generations to find your journal posts | | | | That, in its own right, is an amazing gift, so make |
| and also be able to reference your other | | | | sure you make it "true to life" and put in |
| memories with your digital journal posts. You | | | | everything that really made it interesting, unique, |
| should have a system that allows you to save all | | | | fun or sad - whatever it may be. These are the |
| your memories and your journals into one | | | | keys to creating a rich tapestry of your life's |
| program helping to powerfully correspond all your | | | | memories. |
| digital memories. | | | | |