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MyJournalLife
Your private thoughts, securely stored
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Discover why your story belongs here
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— Martin Jackson, Broadbase AiEach of us lives a unique life comprising millions of individual moments—some joyous, some sad, and most mundane—but even with the many inconsequential memories, all put together, they build a picture of you.
Whenever a life reaches its conclusion, millions of memories are lost and thousands of stories go forever untold.
Following a bereavement in my family, I had a simple question — 'How could I illustrate someone's life?'
MyJournalLife allows you to privately record your thoughts, to store those pearls of wisdom given to you in a daydream, a waking moment, or vivid encounter—a place to store and collate the images and media you capture each day, adding to your life's story.
And whether you choose to share or keep your file private, I hope MyJournalLife illustrates your life and helps you build the story of you.
The only journal where your secrets stay secrets
Your journal never touches the cloud. It lives on your device, encrypted so thoroughly that even if someone stole the file, they'd see nothing but noise. There's no account, no email, no way for anyone—including us—to access your thoughts.
Grows with you through every chapter
- Process the identity questions that keep you up at night
- Set goals and track your path to graduation
- Capture the friendships and lessons that shape you
- Work through academic challenges with guided prompts
- Balance ambition with wellbeing through daily reflection
- Plan career moves with clarity and track progress
- Document wins and lessons learned for future growth
- Process workplace challenges without judgment
- Remember why you fell in love with moments and memories
- Count down to anniversaries, trips, and milestones
- Navigate relationship challenges through reflection
- Plan shared goals—from vacations to buying a home
- Capture the chaos and the magic of raising children
- Save the things they said before you forget them
- Document milestones you'll treasure forever
- Find moments of reflection amidst the busyness
- Reflect on a life well-lived and the lessons it taught you
- Leave a legacy of understanding, not just memories
- Give loved ones the gift of truly knowing you
- Record the stories and wisdom only you can tell
More Than Memories
How well do the people you love really know you?
The worries you never voiced. The dreams you kept quiet. The reasons behind your choices. The moments of doubt, the private victories, the thoughts you shared with no one.
A journal isn't just for you—it's a gift to those who come after. A lifetime of entries becomes a lifetime of understanding.
When they read your words, they won't just remember you. They'll meet you.
It's simple: pass on your password and your journal file. They'll meet the real you—in your own words, voice, and images.
A forever gift. An historical record of your life.
A thousand ways to hold onto what matters
Freeze time in a card
Quick captures for photos, memorable quotes, and fleeting thoughts. Perfect for life's small magic.
Feel the countdown
Watch milestones approach day by day. Weddings, vacations, graduations—anticipation becomes joy.
Turn dreams into plans
Break overwhelming goals into achievable steps. Track progress visually. Attach files and notes.
Rank what you love
Curated lists of your favourites—books, places, lessons, memories. Lists that evolve as you do.
Pin memories to places
Location-tagged moments on your life map. Where you got engaged. Your favourite café. Every place tells a story.
More than a journal, more an encyclopedia of you
The tools and touches that turn entries into understanding
One-to-one
One-to-many via Top 10
Connect the dots
Every card has a unique eight-character reference code — a permanent address in your journal.
Use it to link an entry to a quote that inspired it, a photo to the place it was taken, or a note to the article it references. Each card holds one link — a deliberate connection to the thing that matters most. For richer connections, a Top 10 list can link each of its ten entries to a different card or URL, making it a curated index of related content.
Day & night palettes
Ten themes, day and night
Twenty visual moods to make your journal feel like yours.
Choose from Classic, Fire, Forest, Arctic, Autumn, Festival, Blaze, Monochrome, Ocean, or Midnight. Each comes in both a day and night palette. Switch whenever the mood takes you.
Tag combinations across your journal
See the shape of your life
Your tags, visualised.
The Data Map analyses every tagged document across your journal and reveals which areas of your life attract the most attention, where categories overlap, and how your focus shifts over time. Tap any combination to see the documents behind the data.
family
grateful
travel
work
remember
dream
creative
health
home
learning
love
garden
happy
friends
Your words, reflected back
The 60 words you use most, stripped of noise.
The Word Cloud scans every entry, every note, every plan — filtering out common words to reveal the vocabulary that truly occupies your mind. Watch it evolve as your preoccupations shift across months and years.
A walk through the forest
3 Feb
"The only way out is through"
18 Jan
Garden renovation plan
9 Jan
Find anything, across everything
One search. Six content types. Instant results.
Search entries, moments, counters, plans, Top 10 lists, and places all at once. Results are ranked by relevance, and you can narrow by up to four tags. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+K.
Twenty-four ways to categorise your life
From Work to Dream, Health to Spirit — every corner covered.
Twenty-four colour-coded tags across eight life categories let you slice your journal by theme. Apply up to four per card. The tags power your Data Map, refine your searches, and bring structure to your story.
Countdowns that are beautiful to watch
Every timer is as individual as the moment you're counting down to.
Each countdown generates a unique opalescent background from ten cascading circles in harmonious colours. As time passes, a sweep reveals elapsed time. The visual is saved with the counter, so it's always yours.
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Date
3 Feb 2026
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Feb 3, 2026
Time
17:04
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5:04 PM
Spelling
favourite
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favorite
categorise
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categorize
colour
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color
Speaks your language, your way
Select your flag and the entire app adapts.
Date formats, time conventions, and even spelling adjust to your country. Categorise or categorize, colour or color, favourite or favorite — the entire app speaks your English. Currently supporting the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
See it in action
A clean, intuitive interface designed for reflection
Prompts for the days when words don't come easy
Eight templates to guide your writing
📋 Daily Check-in
"How am I feeling right now? What would make today a success?"
🙏 Gratitude
"Three things I'm grateful for today..."
🎯 Goal Setting
"What do I want to achieve, and what's the first step?"
🪞 Self Reflection
"What patterns am I noticing in my life lately?"
🎨 Creative Expression
"Let my thoughts flow without judgment..."
🧩 Problem Solving
"What's the challenge, and what have I already tried?"
✝️ Spirit & Faith
"What is your prayer for today, and what has been spoken in the silence?"
✍️ Personal
"Create your own template with your own prompts and structure."
Ready to begin?
No account needed. No email required. No payment necessary.
Store your encrypted journal on Dropbox, Google Drive, or anywhere you like—sync it across all your devices, knowing no one else can read a single word.
All it takes: a browser, an internet connection, and your personal login credentials.
Your journal utopia awaits.
Access your journal from anywhere
Your journal is a single encrypted file. Store it however you like:
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Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive
Sync across devices automatically—but only you can decrypt it
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USB Drive
Carry your journal in your pocket
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Local Folder
Keep it right on your computer
All you need to access your journal:
- ✓ An internet connection (to reach your file)
- ✓ Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser
- ✓ Your name and password (set when you created your journal)
That's your key to journal utopia—private, portable, always yours.
Ownership that actually means something
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No subscription
Free forever, not freemium
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No account
No email, no password resets, no tracking
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Runs in your browser
No software to install
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One portable file
Copy it anywhere, back it up your way
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No storage limits
Write as much as you want
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Multiple journals
Create separate files for different years, stages, or themes of your life
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Truly yours
Delete it, move it, keep it forever
How your privacy is protected
The technical details, for the curious
AES-256-GCM Encryption
The same encryption protecting military and banking systems. Your content is scrambled into unreadable noise without your password.
Argon2id Password Hashing
Winner of the Password Hashing Competition. Uses 64MB of memory, making automated attacks computationally infeasible.
100,000 Iteration Key Derivation
Your password transforms into an encryption key through 100,000 rounds of processing. Brute force isn't practical.
Auto-Lock Protection
Journal locks automatically after inactivity. Encryption key wiped from memory. Walk away safely.
No Recovery = No Backdoor
There's no "forgot password" because there's no way to recover your data without the key. That's not a limitation—it's the point.
Everything that matters is protected
Protected ✓
- ✓ Your username
- ✓ Entry titles & content
- ✓ Moods
- ✓ Tags
- ✓ Photos & videos
- ✓ Audio recordings
- ✓ Moments (quotes, notes, images)
- ✓ Counter titles & notes
- ✓ Plan details & tasks
- ✓ Place names & notes
- ✓ Top 10 lists
Not Encrypted
- Timestamps (needed for sorting)
- File sizes (for statistics)
If someone opens your journal file without the password, they see encrypted blobs and dates—nothing readable.
Built on Solid Foundations
Your journal uses SQLite—the world's most widely deployed database engine
Trusted by Firefox, Chrome, Android, iOS, and countless applications worldwide. Your data is stored in an industry-standard format that will remain readable for decades.
Maximum database size
281 terabytes
Practical limit
Your available storage
File format
SQLite 3 (industry standard)
Compatibility
Opens with any SQLite tool
Format stability
Unchanged since 2004
Future-proof
Guaranteed readable for decades
Your journal isn't locked in a proprietary format. The database structure uses industry-standard SQLite—but your content remains encrypted. Open it with any SQLite tool and you'll see only encrypted blobs, unreadable without your password.
Why this is different
| Cloud Journals | Paper Journals | MyJournalLife | |
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| Who can read it | The company | Anyone who finds it | Only you |
| Security | Trust them | Trust a lock | Military encryption |
| Cost | $30-50/year | Ongoing purchase | Free forever |
| Search | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Photos/Video | ✓ | Paste only | ✓ Encrypted |
| Data stays local | On their servers | ✓ | ✓ Your device only |
| Backup | Their servers | Make copies | Your file, anywhere |
| If company shuts down | Data at risk | N/A | You still have it |
Your story deserves a private home
Start writing today. Your journal, your rules, forever.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is MyJournalLife really free?
Yes! We hope you enjoy using MyJournalLife. If you want to show your appreciation for our effort, please feel free to make a donation, we're grateful for any contribution you make towards the further development of MyJournalLife and future apps.
Why is 'Plans', a project management module included in your journal app?
Plans enables you to construct and develop bigger life projects alongside your journal entries. Each Plan offers the ability to create and include 10 high-level tasks, with each task able to spawn a further 15 actions each. Plan offers some great organisation and visual features that will help you make decisions about your dreams and aid their development to achieve your life objectives and choices from inception to delivery.
Why can't I use MyJournalLife on my mobile?
The architecture of MyJournalLife using SQLite for its database to achieve high storage capacity and the inclusion of Plans means the app does not function well with mobile browsers, localised file management and small screen sizes. Plans is best served using a desktop or laptop that offer a bigger display, where you can appreciate the user interface.
Can I use the MyJournalLife app offline?
No. MyJournalLife requires an internet connection to open or create your database file via https://myjournal.life.
How many cards could you link to each other?
Theoretically, it's unlimited. Although this is impractical and untidy, it's possible. Utilising Top10 cards which allow for 10 links on each card you could daisy chain as many as you want. In practice you are more likely to link one card to another to illustrate a point with either an image, slideshow, quote or note.