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What to Write When You Don't Know What to Write
Every time I feel that I really want to write something, I always, always run into the same problem. How to start, or what to write? Today I woke up with that question, and the same feeling in my...
Read more →From Paper to Screen: The Diary Never Died
Born in 1977, I am from a generation that has probably seen everything. Not war, like our fathers, but the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chernobyl, the end of the Cold War, and the collapse of the...
Read more →Why Your Journal's AI Shouldn't Read Your Data
From the first launch of the first chatbot, named ELIZA, in 1966, yes, you read that right, 1966, at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum, until today, when chatbots like Gemini, Claude and ChatGPT have...
Read more →Where to Write When You Need to Be Heard: Anonymous Journaling, or Not.
Recently I read an article in Reuters about a survey on how young Europeans are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, and almost instinctively I felt a connection, and the need to reflect...
Read more →How to Start an Online Diary or Journal, Private, Free, Without Social Media
As a kid, I used to keep my thoughts and my days in a diary. On paper, by hand. Not every day, only the days I felt like it. Now, as a father, I look at my kids using more and more screens, and I...
Read more →Free Your Silence
If someone asked me what I want from life going forward, the answer would probably involve silence. Somewhere close to nature. Working less. More time with my family. Doing things that feel...
Read more →Why I Stopped Journaling on Social Media
I was always looking for a place to write my thoughts and opinions without feeling guilty or exposed. Instead, I found algorithms controlling my need to communicate, or feeding my ego. Influencers...
Read more →Why Your Journal Doesn't Need a Like Button
There are times in life when we feel alone, even if we are surrounded by thousands of people. The feeling of being an observer while the whole world continues to move at extreme speed and our time...
Read more →What is Cirflect?
What is Cirflect? Where does it come from? And most importantly, why? Cirflect is a combination of two words: circle and reflection. It's a place where people can write about what matters to them,...
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