The org-journal extension to Emacs' org-mode is great for this. ctrl-c n j = add new timestamped journal entry https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal https:

The org-journal extension to Emacs' org-mode is great for this. ctrl-c n j = add new timestamped journal entry https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal So the workflow for this is: command-tab to switch to Emacs, ctrl-c n j to add a new journal entry, write the entry, command-tab back to whatever else I was doing. Emacs auto-saves my changes. Of course, getting to that point requires some work. You have to be using Emacs and org-mode already, or prepared to try it, and that journey can be difficult for some. The org-journal extension is great: It supports daily/weekly/monthly/yearly journal files (I use daily but I'm considering switching to weekly or monthly). When I create a new daily file, it only "brings forward" uncompleted TODO items, which means any completed TODOs are automatically archived out of your sight. Because it integrates with org-mode, I have it set up such that it tracks when a task is moved from TODO into PROG, and again when it moves into DONE. (I get annoyed when columns don't line up, so I made my todo item names 4 characters long)