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by moksha256 2023 days ago
Journaling.

I have a shell script that that creates a new markdown file for that day, which I write my journal entry into.

Another script compiles a year's worth of journal entries into an epub.

Another workflow I made is similar, but for tasks. So every day I run a shell script that copies the last day's tasks to a new file with the new day's date, forcing me to evaluate what was done the previous day (if anything). Some days are great, some days not so much.

The tasks also show in my browser's new tab page to further reinforce.

1 comments

What editor do you use for writing in the markdown files?

I've tried org-journal in Emacs but I could never get over the learning curve of Emacs + org-journal.

I've been using Obsidian recently and I love it. There are all kinds of interesting ways you can graph your posts too.
Wow, can't believe I haven't heard of Obsidian. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to check it out.
I've tried Obsidian, but after getting used to the inline workflow of Typora I just can't use anything else, even if I'd love to have the graph feature that Obsidian provides.
Vim. Actually this workflow is what finally got me to start using vim, and now I use vim for everything.