Encrypting files feels geeky and unnecessary for most people, but I've found great value in it.
I've described to friends before the mental shift wrought by publishing thoughts, especially introspective, autobiographical thoughts, on a site like this. Sometimes that's exactly what I need. Sometimes it isn't.
When I'm ashamed, regretful, or just embarrassed; when a thought is simply incomplete: to journal can feel repulsive. Some emotions explosively amplify the sense of "what if someone sees". In these situations, I've taken to encrypting the file. My computing environment makes it easy; I can just add a .gpg file extension to a new or existing file.
I write more freely behind a password. To come to kind terms with the swirling inner world requires solitude and sociality. It's good to have tools for both.
Ever encrypted, ergo enigmatic,
Ty
(If you have tools for sociality, do let me know.)