Indexing My Journals – Roz Wound Up

Indexing My Journals – Roz Wound Up

I index my journals for a host of reasons. I’m compulsive, perhaps even obsessive; I like organization; but most of all I like to be able to find things again, even if I never have to find them again. I put this tendency down to a childhood spent traveling; a childhood filled with daily reminders of the importance of laying your hand on something quickly.

Worth a read. This is a bit detailed but still an interesting symbiosis between the analog and the digital. It’s not my thing as I actually enjoy “forgetting” what’s in an old journal and the serendipity of discovering it again with new eyes. But hey, different strokes…