The Prologue

Part 1 – Idea

Where did this idea come from? Well, I always thought, it’s kinda cool to have a diary but I never did write one… Also i have the hope, that when I have this site, I also use it. So in some sense this is also my motivation to keep writing in my diary.

But then comes the next problem. How do I find a fitting name? I basically had no Idea. This is not my strength – coming up with good names. So I did what everyone does in 2024. I asked ChatGPT. Then with some cooperation we figured it out.

The Journicle

as a mixture of Journal and Chronicles. So that sounds deep, but upon closer inspection doesn’t really mean any more than diary. Eh, whatever.

Now, I know from myself, that I don’t have the most interesting life. But I guess we’re gonna figure out, how it’s gonna work…

Part 2 – Website creation

At first, I thought, I’d host the website myself with a raspberry pi because, you know. Self hosting is good, and cheaper, and I can change all by myself. But then I thought about it some more, and then I figured it’s more work, probably works worse, I don’t have a raspberry pi (so I would have to buy one), and so on and so forth. Point being: it’s probably easier and cheaper, if I just searched for an online host, and use it like this.

After some searching I stumbled upon Namecheap, which I then used to buy and set up my Website. The whole buying process was easy, and like 2 hours after buying my site was up and running. (It takes some time for the domain to register.)

I’m using WordPress as a basis (since it’s open source, and I somewhat know how to code).

The next part is, setting all up. Now this was, to my surprise, easy but also a lot to do. Nonetheless I made it, and it turned out not too bad. So yeah, we did it!

Part 3 – plans for this diary

Design

I’m not finished as of yet with the design for this page. I am going to implement it in about a month (middle of February). I hope this is will turn out good. My plan is as follows:

And then you can swipe yourself through the pages of this book. Technically this book will then be written backwards, but who cares. Implement first, fix later.

Rules for myself

The rules are quite simple

• a new entry (about) every day
• I’m not allowed to change past entries

That’s about it.

What to expect?

I’m currently studying at a university, and I have some exams in like a month. Therefore in the beginning I won’t be writing a lot (well – long texts I mean) and also not too interesting stuff. Since most days I will be learning for my exams.

I don’t know when, but I’m definitely going to read Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell. I’m planning on about every third day one poem, and then “analyzing” it. But beware. I’m not a language major, and was never really good at it. So you may have the worst analysis you’ve ever read.

Also my native language is not English, so you’ll probably find a lot of mistakes in my texts. But as long as it’s understandable, that’s aight.