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You are right, of course, but it's easier said than done. The blank page is intimidating and frustrating, so structure is often the best way to get going. It br

• throwanem 10y ago
  True, but you don't necessarily need a whole lot of structure to get started. Or at least I don't; in my personal journal, I just use a headline and a timestamp, generated by means of snippet expansion, and come back later to add a proper title. My work log uses dated headlines. On the other hand, my personal journal is very freeform, and my work log is mainly a list of tasks and actions taken toward them, so I'm not sure how well that generalizes. Perhaps a useful recommendation for someone struggling to start might be this: - Spend a few minutes thinking about what you want to accomplish by journaling. - Spend a few minutes more laying out minimal structure that might help you work toward that goal. If you're working in a text or org-mode file, for example, perhaps put togther a few lines of boilerplate that you can copy and paste to start an entry. - Spend a few days working with that structure, and see how well it suits your purpose. Where it does this well, preserve and perhaps expand; where it fails, rework it. ...and iterate from there.