I bullet journal for organization of my day to day life. I've picked up calligraphy. There's something about taking 15 to 20 minutes a day to just focus on the

I bullet journal for organization of my day to day life. I've picked up calligraphy. There's something about taking 15 to 20 minutes a day to just focus on the nib gliding across the paper that's very calming for my mind. Often times I'll just write down phrases or words in calligraphy that are said during meetings as my form of journaling. I find that it helps me focus and gives me a sense of enjoyment for almost every meeting where I'm a more passive participant. I also use markdown, which feels "close enough" to plaintext and as of now vscode for organizing digital notes. I absolutely agree with the whole "thoughts on" approach and have using tagging to group knowledge in my notes. I wrote a little plugin for vscode that helps you with organizing your notes without having to worry about file structure: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-nested-tags.vscode-nested-tags https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-n.... As for the psychological impacts. Having a journal to help empty my mind has been extremely helpful in managing my anxiety. If I ever find myself thinking too much about work I just turn towards my journal and empty it on to the pages. I find myself less likely to dwell if the thoughts are on paper or captured elsewhere. I think that it helps with acceptance as often times I say to myself, "It'll be there tomorrow." once it's out of my head.