FAQ

GoldMind was created to help people access the power of journaling more easily and  effectively.  Most people have a vague sense that journaling is good or that it could help them, but the prospect of sitting in front of a blank page and writing something can be less than motivating.  The truth is that writing requires your mind to slow down, which helps you to see more than you could before.   Putting your thoughts and feelings into words can provide immense clarity.  GoldMind helps you gain those benefits without the barrier of the blank page by providing prompts and questions that help you really dig into your thoughts and experiences.

 

Also, while technology has so much potential for good, for many it has been become destructive to their potential.  It has reprogrammed their minds to become more easily distracted, more invested in portraying lives as attractive to others, less emotionally secure, and more shallow in thinking.  GoldMind seeks to reclaim the good that technology can play in your life. It was created to help you reprogram your mind again, but on your own terms. In order to become who you want to become, you have to get your mind right first, and the crucial decisions will follow. 

1. 1. There are many things that could be said here.
      1. Build a writing habit.  If you successfully add GoldMind to your daily routine, you will gain clarity, awareness, and perspective.
      2. Do not back away from being vulnerable with yourself 
         1. You may come across questions or trains of thought that become uncomfortable for you.  Most of us hide truths from ourselves to keep us happy. But those same lies keep us from growing.  Only when we bravely process the uncomfortability and come out the other side can we move forward.
      3. Recognize when you come across something that moves you.  Don’t pass it by without capturing it in GoldMind. Consider creating a topic specifically for things that you want to reflect more on later so that you can capture things quickly, and return to a pool of important things regularly. 
      4. Slow down
         1. Writing can be a powerful tool in your life BECAUSE it maintains your focus while slowing down the brain and giving it time to create new ideas, associations between ideas, and solutions to problems.  Write down what’s going on in your head, and be patient with yourself. It may not come naturally to you at first, but the more you do it, the more power you can gain from it. 
      5. Learn to come up with the real questions that you need to answer 
         1. As you are slowing down your mind and responding to questions, constantly challenge yourself.  When you discover something about yourself, learn to ask “what” questions. “What” questions are more helpful than “why” questions.  “What is causing me to think these thoughts?” “What can I do differently in this situation that would result in a better outcome?” “What can I learn from this?”
      6. Use GoldMind as more than a journal
         1. Using the exercises in GoldMind makes it a powerful repository for your reflections on laser-focused areas of your inner life.  But that’s only part of the power of GoldMind. You can use GoldMind to be mindful about what interests you inside and outside of your own mind.  Create notebooks for your creative interests, spirituality, or areas of knowledge you are delving into. You can organically grow your list of topics within these notebooks over time and create notes 

Until there is an end in sight to the quarantine, GoldMind will be free.  We want as many people as possible to benefit from mindful writing without any consideration for cost while we collectively bear the burdens caused by COVID-19.  When life starts getting back to normal, users will be informed of the date at which access to GoldMind’s full experience will require a subscription. Regardless of whether you ever pay for GoldMind, the first two topics you want to write about will always be free.

Why a subscription?  We need money to keep the lights on and continue improving the user experience.  And we have decided that you are not for sale.  Unlike most social media, we don’t want you glued to our app for as long as possible so we can profit from distracting you with ads. Ads go against everything that GoldMind stands for. You have enough in your life that is distracting. We want you to focus. We want you to use GoldMind frequently, but only long enough to get your mind in the right place so that you can dominate the rest of your day.  We can point to beneficial outcomes from using GoldMind, and we think that’s worth something.

Everything you write in GoldMind is transmitted and stored in an encrypted database.  And we are constantly assessing how we can make GoldMind more secure because we understand that what you write in GoldMind is private.

YES.  And no! Ok, let’s back up a second.  Imagine you’re trying to get through an obstacle course with lots of opportunities to break a bone, and you’re trying to navigate it in complete darkness.  If someone hands you a flashlight, you can now see with a lot more clarity the path you should take. You feel more empowered. And from the problems you can’t or don’t avoid, you can now with greater confidence extricate yourself.  But you still have to put one foot in front of the other. You still need to choose to move forward. You still need to choose to get up when you fall down. You still need to dig deep within yourself and fight for progress. But now you can see better.  You can see the consequences of different decisions more clearly. You can come up with better ideas on how to get through the tricky parts. You can feel more confident that you will avoid hurting yourself and others as much as possible.