Figured it might be a good discussion question. Crossposted to !pkms@lemmy.blahaj.zone.
Especially as someone who wants to help grow !journaling@sh.itjust.works, and to participate to help it grow, but in the end I come from !pkms@lemmy.blahaj.zone and I think of what I have far more as a Personal Knowledge Management System than a journal. I spend far less time on personal feelings and thoughts and “what did I do today?” and a lot more on making it a knowledge repository for Future Me. And if what I do is actually pretty separate from journaling it would be cool to know so I don’t invade threads I shouldn’t be talking in.
It’s as different as apples and oranges in my opinion.
However, journaling can be part of a PKMS, if you link it in a meaningful way.
There can also be different kinds of journaling as you mention. I write a personal journal (mostly everyday, going on two decades). However I also have a separate “domain knowledge” type journaling thats less feelings and such but discoveries and insights.
If you haven’t heard of the concept of Zettlekasten, I’d suggest looking into that. As a neurodivergent it was a breakthrough that matches how my mind works when it comes to curating a PKMS in a relational manner.
Curious how specifically they are different, other than them just being different.
At least from the sidebar,
In my opinion most of this overlaps with PKMS. What things belong in a PKMS that don’t go in a journal and vice versa?
Already looked into Zettelkasten awhile ago. Seems cool but I am getting by just fine, connecting different topics together without one. I am sure I’ve missed some potential connections, but I’m not an academic and feel I have a good enough understanding of the things in my PKMS that it’s not so essential I maximize connections with a Zettelkasten—especially because there’d be a cost to redoing my PKMS that way, and I think my own neurodivergent brain just Doesn’t Work That Way. Thanks for the suggestion though, hope an onlooker benefits