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I keep a similar thing in Org mode (yes today _I'm_ going to be the one mentioning Org Mode). Every day I create an entry into my DayNotes org file with the dat

I keep a similar thing in Org mode (yes today _I'm_ going to be the one mentioning Org Mode). Every day I create an entry into my DayNotes org file with the date in reverse order e.g. 2019-09-01 and with where I am and the weather etc. I usually have three sections, a catch up of yesterday, what I'm probably going to do today, and my actual day notes. This usually includes my current theme, something Im focusing on for a certain period, this week it is creativity. I also keep a paper journal, which has longer term themes and thoughts and planning. This usually ends up being a brain dump of all of the crap that goes around and around, just like in the original article. I take things from here and try to expand on them in the day notes. For the paper journal I use a Cross fountain pen, like the one that Obama had, or often cheap Fountain Pentel pens which Ive used for decades now. The fountain pen I fill with archival quality ink, the stuff that registrars use.

eigenhombre 7y ago
Thank you for being The One to bring up Org Mode. I've also been returning to Org Mode after a year or so of bullet journaling in a Moleskine (yes, with a fountain pen). My procedure of late is: - keyboard shortcut + a snippet of Emacs Lisp to create today's journal entry (e.g. 2019-09-01.org) in a "journal" subdirectory; - YASnippet to fill out a daily journal template with two-column LaTeX export styling the way I want; - Write down any dreams I remember in the morning; - Write down a simple to-do list in an Org table, moving items up and down; rather than TODO states, I put a space between items already done and those remaining; if I don't get everything done, I can strikethrough the item to indicate that; - Find and copy or type in a quote or a poem for the day (usually at the end of the day); - Occasionally, paste in a small snippet of code that I wrote or saw that I liked; - Any interesting things that happened or felt noteworthy that day. Finally, and this is perhaps one of the more important steps: - export as LaTeX to PDF, then print, three-hole punch, and stick it in a binder on my desk. The format and what I put in changes daily and it's kind of neat to see that unfold in the printouts. I find that having the printed journal makes the older entries (each a single page so far) a pleasure to look over and gives me a sense of what my time has been like recently. If it was just on the computer I probably wouldn't ever look at it again, and I wanted something that gave me easy access to the feelings of the recent days that otherwise seem to disappear completely.
- Jeff_Brown 7y ago
  If you ever feel constrained by the tree data structure, you might like Semantic Synchrony, which hosts a graph, editable from Emacs: https://github.com/synchrony/smsn https://github.com/synchrony/smsn (I'm a minor author of the project. It's kind of in a state of disrepair; Josh and I are both working on replacements for it. But it works!)

eigenhombre 7y ago

Thank you for being The One to bring up Org Mode. I've also been returning to Org Mode after a year or so of bullet journaling in a Moleskine (yes, with a fountain pen). My procedure of late is: - keyboard shortcut + a snippet of Emacs Lisp to create today's journal entry (e.g. 2019-09-01.org) in a "journal" subdirectory; - YASnippet to fill out a daily journal template with two-column LaTeX export styling the way I want; - Write down any dreams I remember in the morning; - Write down a simple to-do list in an Org table, moving items up and down; rather than TODO states, I put a space between items already done and those remaining; if I don't get everything done, I can strikethrough the item to indicate that; - Find and copy or type in a quote or a poem for the day (usually at the end of the day); - Occasionally, paste in a small snippet of code that I wrote or saw that I liked; - Any interesting things that happened or felt noteworthy that day. Finally, and this is perhaps one of the more important steps: - export as LaTeX to PDF, then print, three-hole punch, and stick it in a binder on my desk. The format and what I put in changes daily and it's kind of neat to see that unfold in the printouts. I find that having the printed journal makes the older entries (each a single page so far) a pleasure to look over and gives me a sense of what my time has been like recently. If it was just on the computer I probably wouldn't ever look at it again, and I wanted something that gave me easy access to the feelings of the recent days that otherwise seem to disappear completely.

Jeff_Brown 7y ago
If you ever feel constrained by the tree data structure, you might like Semantic Synchrony, which hosts a graph, editable from Emacs: https://github.com/synchrony/smsn https://github.com/synchrony/smsn (I'm a minor author of the project. It's kind of in a state of disrepair; Josh and I are both working on replacements for it. But it works!)