org-journal

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 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 integrate

For the last couple of years, I have been using a combination of Clocking commands [0] in Emacs along with org-journal. It has been working well enough for me. Although, I had to send some patches to org-journal initially to suit my workflow. [0] https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html [1] https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal

I use org-mode with org-journal https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal What's nice about this workflow is when I create TODO items and don't finish them for a day it transfers over to the next day.

I use org-journal[0] in Emacs as a very efficient lab notebook. I use the Doom[1] configuration, so this is my workflow: - launch Emacs - type `Space n j j`, which opens a journal file customized the way I like it*, inserts a date heading and timestamp, and sets me in insert mode - type my timestamped notes I can do this from any buffer in Emacs, so it's really convenient to stop in the middle of something, jot down a note, and then go right back to what I was doing. I develop iOS/macOS software right now, so the switch to Emacs from Xcode is a little more friction than I used to have, but it's so useful I don't mind it at all. * I have a weekly journal in a directory for the year, titled week number-month-day that started that week (this week's is `34_08-23`) [0]https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal [1]https://github.com/hlissner/doom-e

I'm interested in using org-journal, a minor mode for Emacs org-mode, which supports collapsing. https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal * Tuesday, 06/04/13 ** 10:28 Company meeting Endless discussions about projects. Not much progress ** 11:33 Work on org-journal For the longest time, I wanted to have a cool diary app on my computer. However, I simply lacked the right tool for that job. After many hours of searching, I finally found PersonalDiary on EmacsWiki. PersonalDiary is a very simple diary system based on the emacs calendar. It works pretty well, but I don't really like that it only uses unstructured text.

You might also find org-journal [fn:1] interesting, if you commonly take date-stamped notes. [fn:1] https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal

I use org-mode, of course. But more specifically, I wrote this little extension called org-journal [1], which auto-creates one org-file per day, is searchable, integrates with the Emacs calendar, and crucially, carries TODO items from the previous day to the current day. This way, all my research notes, and my diary, and completed projects stays in the journal, but pending or ongoing tasks travel with me through time until they are done. [1]: https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal