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I've been journaling for several years and have developed a template I fill out most mornings. After telling some friends about it, I put it in a public format

I've been journaling for several years and have developed a template I fill out most mornings. After telling some friends about it, I put it in a public format and shared as a Google Doc that anyone can check out. I have a very long Google Doc with a more personal version of this template at the top of it, and I copy and paste it to bump down the prior day's journal and start filling it out. Posting it here in case it's helpful for anyone who wants some structure around the journaling: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AW0xjWJKcxiqXkn72nYIe3pHJzUOPPPRC1HH5kEuAKc/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AW0xjWJKcxiqXkn72nYIe3pH...

theli0nheart 7y ago
This is fantastic, thank you for sharing!
jborichevskiy 7y ago
This is really cool! I like the increased structure. Have you ever tried doing any retrospective analysis on it?
- taylortrusty 7y ago
  Thanks! I go back and read old posts at times. I haven’t done anything really formal though.
copperx 7y ago
Doing what you're doing is incredibly courageous. I would never be able to do it. It would be like walking naked into a gathering of friends. How do you do it? How to you get past the self-editing to suppress embarrassing thoughts? You are getting naked in front of everyone!
- MegaButts 7y ago
  Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but I think he is only sharing the template with his friends, not the journal itself.
  - taylortrusty 7y ago
    Right, I don’t post the journal publicly. Just this template.
hydandata 7y ago
This is great! I do something similar in the evening to relax before sleep, albeit more freestyle and I write it down on paper, but doing it at the start of day sounds like a great way to set the mood, going to adopt it.
wishrider 7y ago
You can also write journal entries via email, somewordsfor.me sends you an email every day and you only have to reply to add an entry.
- qzx_pierri 7y ago
  this looks really neat
mettamage 7y ago
I also have a template. I use TiddlyWiki as I can then quite easily retrieve the data that I'm storing in HTML. If this habit continues, I'll probably create a home server and make sure I can journal online. My template is more focused on being a daily questionnaire rather than a journal, but it can do both. I've done 2 analyses so far, one qualitative (about what made me most relaxed) and one quantitative (my energy levels currently correlate for 0.66 with my happiness and my stress doesn't correlate with either of them). However, now that I've read this blog post, I think that I should create a seperate place somewhere to write journal articles (probably just TiddlyWiki as well). My template: https://imgur.com/a/mJ8nkio https://imgur.com/a/mJ8nkio
- spiffytech 7y ago
 That's really cool! How did you create that in TiddlyWiki?
 - mettamage 7y ago
 Here are some code snippets. I always tried to use fields, but for some things I used a scratchpad tiddler called StoreDailyQuestionaireData. If I would use the same in those case, then I'd get rendering issues. ! My happiness levels are <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="1"> abysmal low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="2"> very low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="3"> low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="4"> medium</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="5"> high</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="6"> very high</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="7"> extremely high</$radio> --- ! I slept Time Interval: <$view field=sleep-time-interval_value/> <$edit-text tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" field="sleep-time-interval_value"/> <$button><$action-setfield $field=sleep-time-interval_value $value={{StoreDailyQuestionnaireData!!sleep-time-interval_value}} /><$action-setfield $tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" $field="sleep-time-interval_value" $value="" /> change sleep-time-interval</$button>     (E.g. format: 23:49 - 03:57, 06:37 - 10:47) --- ! How many cups coffee did you drink? <$range field="coffee-amount" min="0" max="10" default="0" increment="1"/> <$transclude field="coffee-amount" />
DawnOSimplicity 7y ago
I just wanted to say thank you for your template. It's inspired me to start journalling again and I'm going to make use of it!

theli0nheart 7y ago

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing!

jborichevskiy 7y ago

This is really cool! I like the increased structure. Have you ever tried doing any retrospective analysis on it?

taylortrusty 7y ago
Thanks! I go back and read old posts at times. I haven’t done anything really formal though.

copperx 7y ago

Doing what you're doing is incredibly courageous. I would never be able to do it. It would be like walking naked into a gathering of friends. How do you do it? How to you get past the self-editing to suppress embarrassing thoughts? You are getting naked in front of everyone!

MegaButts 7y ago
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but I think he is only sharing the template with his friends, not the journal itself.
- taylortrusty 7y ago
  Right, I don’t post the journal publicly. Just this template.

hydandata 7y ago

This is great! I do something similar in the evening to relax before sleep, albeit more freestyle and I write it down on paper, but doing it at the start of day sounds like a great way to set the mood, going to adopt it.

wishrider 7y ago

You can also write journal entries via email, somewordsfor.me sends you an email every day and you only have to reply to add an entry.

qzx_pierri 7y ago
this looks really neat

mettamage 7y ago

I also have a template. I use TiddlyWiki as I can then quite easily retrieve the data that I'm storing in HTML. If this habit continues, I'll probably create a home server and make sure I can journal online. My template is more focused on being a daily questionnaire rather than a journal, but it can do both. I've done 2 analyses so far, one qualitative (about what made me most relaxed) and one quantitative (my energy levels currently correlate for 0.66 with my happiness and my stress doesn't correlate with either of them). However, now that I've read this blog post, I think that I should create a seperate place somewhere to write journal articles (probably just TiddlyWiki as well). My template: https://imgur.com/a/mJ8nkio https://imgur.com/a/mJ8nkio

spiffytech 7y ago
That's really cool! How did you create that in TiddlyWiki?
- mettamage 7y ago
 Here are some code snippets. I always tried to use fields, but for some things I used a scratchpad tiddler called StoreDailyQuestionaireData. If I would use the same in those case, then I'd get rendering issues. ! My happiness levels are <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="1"> abysmal low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="2"> very low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="3"> low</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="4"> medium</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="5"> high</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="6"> very high</$radio> <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="7"> extremely high</$radio> --- ! I slept Time Interval: <$view field=sleep-time-interval_value/> <$edit-text tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" field="sleep-time-interval_value"/> <$button><$action-setfield $field=sleep-time-interval_value $value={{StoreDailyQuestionnaireData!!sleep-time-interval_value}} /><$action-setfield $tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" $field="sleep-time-interval_value" $value="" /> change sleep-time-interval</$button>     (E.g. format: 23:49 - 03:57, 06:37 - 10:47) --- ! How many cups coffee did you drink? <$range field="coffee-amount" min="0" max="10" default="0" increment="1"/> <$transclude field="coffee-amount" />

DawnOSimplicity 7y ago

I just wanted to say thank you for your template. It's inspired me to start journalling again and I'm going to make use of it!