Every person who journals, has their own reasons for how and why they keep their journal the way they do. To be honest, I didn’t start keeping a traditional journal until I started working for JRNL.com. I journaled in other, more non-traditional, ways: Facebook, writing a column for my father’s…

As a kid, I heard about journaling but wasn’t interested. As a teen I considered that journaling might be a good thing to do, but it still didn’t click for me; I tried and failed a few times and then just gave up. Somewhere in my early 20s, something clicked. Now, journaling is…

We’re coming down the wire at BoomStartup and I wanted to address the elephant in the room: FUNDING As we get closer to Demo Day, the pressure is on for every Cohort to secure capital. It’s a difficult task as you work to complete deliverables in the program, prepare your…

One of my favorite things about JRNL are the wallpapers. As corny as it sounds, the appearance of writing in a bamboo forest can help take a little of the edge off a stressful day. I usually keep a particular wallpaper for a while until I grow bored with it,…

What happens to us is not as important as the meaning we assign to it. Journaling helps sort this out. via “virtual mentor” Mike Hyatt

Art of Manliness has 31 days worth of really insightful journal prompts that you can use for inspiration. You can copy and paste one per day into a new entry and record your thoughts, it would make for some great content in anyone’s journal. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/01/01/jumpstart-your-journaling-a-31-day-challenge/ Here are a few samples: Day…

Let me start by saying that JRNL isn’t my first startup and it won’t be my last. I love entrepreneurship and I have the utmost respect for any true entrepreneur, no matter how good (or bad) I think their idea might be. To me, being an entrepreneur means being a…

An old Proverb states, “No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” Spring is finally here and is a time of fresh starts and rebirth. Get your creative juices flowing and pick your favorite journaling prompts to bring new life to your JRNL. We’ve compiled 30 journaling…

We rely pretty heavily on technology. Most of us are addicted to our phones and are running a number of apps at any given moment of the day. Our dependency on our devices often gets the short end of the stick and is considered to be negative, but we need…

We’re extremely excited about a few updates that will be showing up in the service over the next 30 days. That said, last week JRNL received some exciting news from the Rootstech Innovator Showdown. JRNL was selected as part of the First Cut, whittling down from 46 entries to 24.