Journaling offers many advantages over recording your trip primarily through social media posts. The most glaring problem of relying on social media is that the audience of your posts isn't [[Journal for Future You|Future You]]—it's your followers and would-be followers. This influences what you write about and how you write it; yes, even when you tell yourself it doesn't. It is hard to [[Avoid the inner censor]] when you're preoccupied with the image you're portraying to others (this is why [[Journals should remain private]]). In short, you're cheating Future You from an honest description of your adventure. Because [[Social media is a highlight reel]], you likely won't record the *fully authentic* version of the experience, or write about what was personally meaningful to you when your subconscious is focused on what will garner likes and comments. It's easy to think that you'll rise above this, but we know how powerful these social indicators influence how we engage with social media. If you're writing for Future You, you don't have to "keep score." You can simply focus on what is interesting to you. Social media also tends to be an ephemeral medium—given the sheer volume of posts, important items can be [[Digital memories can be lost in clutter|quickly lost]] in the ether. Even when there's an easy method for separating the posts you want to [[§ 1.5 - Remember|regularly revisit]], those memories are locked into a platform that you don't control, making it hard to maintain their [[Create a permanent journal asset|permanence]]. That said, if you enjoy posting about your adventures on social media, you should continue to do so—just don't rely on it. Think of those posts as *supplemental*, and ensure that you have a more effective primary system in place. One way to help organize and archive your social media posts about your adventures is to use a specific hashtag for each trip. Using a trip hashtag makes it trivial to find all of your related posts for your [[Trip dashboard]].