[Antoninus]

Each morning, I make a new .md file in my Notes directory and start writing my thoughts from the previous evening until that moment. I'll leave the file open the for the rest of the day and jot down what I'm working on, problems I run into, things I need to do, general thoughts, quotes. It ends up being endless stream of incoherence. I guess its not really journal journal-ling in the traditional sense but act of writing almost everything into one repository helps me progress through revision.

[yesenadam]

I do a very similar thing, but into a single text file using a simple bash script so writing to the file takes 1 keypress to start and 2 ENTERs to end. Then every week or 3 I sort the contents of that file into the appropriate chapter/section in the half dozen LaTeX books I'm writing. For decades I filled notebooks and never looked at them again. Now it's beautifully organized and easy to locate. I just wish I'd started doing this 30 years ago! Well, 30 years ago started a diary, which I kept going for 25+ years. But that's very different to notes on everything you think about, links, pictures, quotes, programs, things learnt, etc.

[banjodeluxe]

That's a really interesting way of capturing thoughts, thanks for sharing!