Why not keep journal in a single note?

James-Ashby

Probably I am missing something but it seems like it would be straightforward to keep the journal in a single note with each entry under an appropriate heading or subheading.

Adding the next days entry would be a simple matter of copy/paste/edit the previous heading.
Use Find in Note function to search/navigate.

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svorsk

James-Ashby I love how we all can adapt this to our individual needs! I've found that having veeeeeeery long notes in OneNote, Evernote, and even Apple Notes is hard to navigate in the long run. In some of the videos from Matthias, he explained how he wanted some of the elements of the multiyear diary for the Forever ✱ Notes system.

One clear benefit I see in a ✱ Journal Note per day is that one can then easily see what happened in prior years on the same date. If you have the whole month or year in a single note you lose the framework of thinking "This Day, with potential versions from years past" - only.

mettlerr

I am doing the same thing, I am even using a date/time stamp in the beginning of every entry, and just have a searchable/exportable list of all entries in one note, in case I am looking for something. It’s also easier to see related entries in context that way, in my opinion.

James-Ashby

svorsk I take your point. Don’t overlook the functionality of using “Find in Note” to aid in navigation. If you use date stamps in your daily entry headings then searching for “01-01” will let you move quickly through all entries for January 1 for all years for example. Unfortunately it seems “Find in Note” is pretty rudimentary. It would be nice if it supported wild cards for example.

tvillemw

I'm impressed with the uses and shortcuts people have developed. I learn something new every time I come here.

I guess it's a matter of personal style. The purpose-built journaling apps (Day One, Journal) never fit my style - for example, I don't want to be given questions to write about, I don't have the patience for it. And one note per day seems wasteful lol.

If I didn't already have a diary system I would adopt the forever journal and write a shortcut to append a day's entry to a single text file in iCloud. So, the best of both worlds. I do like the idea of linking from my journal to people, events and places, very useful. My current system is to add diary entries to a note that includes last month's entries as well as the current month's - I often look backwards that far. At the end of the month I use a shortcut that appends the last month to my big text file in the sky. This keeps the length of my current diary note manageable.