I've been journaling for several years and have developed a template I fill out ...

mettamage · on Sept 1, 2019

I also have a template. I use TiddlyWiki as I can then quite easily retrieve the data that I'm storing in HTML. If this habit continues, I'll probably create a home server and make sure I can journal online.

My template is more focused on being a daily questionnaire rather than a journal, but it can do both. I've done 2 analyses so far, one qualitative (about what made me most relaxed) and one quantitative (my energy levels currently correlate for 0.66 with my happiness and my stress doesn't correlate with either of them).

However, now that I've read this blog post, I think that I should create a seperate place somewhere to write journal articles (probably just TiddlyWiki as well).

My template: https://imgur.com/a/mJ8nkio

spiffytech · on Sept 1, 2019

That's really cool! How did you create that in TiddlyWiki?

mettamage · on Sept 2, 2019

Here are some code snippets.

I always tried to use fields, but for some things I used a scratchpad tiddler called StoreDailyQuestionaireData. If I would use the same in those case, then I'd get rendering issues.

  ! My happiness levels are

  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="1"> abysmal low</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="2"> very low</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="3"> low</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="4"> medium</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="5"> high</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="6"> very high</$radio>
  <$radio field="q-happiness-levels" value="7"> extremely high</$radio>

---

  ! I slept

  <p class="sleep-time-interval">Time Interval: <$view field=sleep-time-interval_value/> <$edit-text tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" field="sleep-time-interval_value"/> <$button><$action-setfield $field=sleep-time-interval_value $value={{StoreDailyQuestionnaireData!!sleep-time-interval_value}} /><$action-setfield $tiddler="StoreDailyQuestionnaireData" $field="sleep-time-interval_value" $value="" /> change sleep-time-interval</$button> <span class="subtitle"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (E.g. format: 23:49 - 03:57, 06:37 - 10:47)</span></p>

---

  ! How many cups coffee did you drink?

  <$range field="coffee-amount" min="0" max="10" default="0" increment="1"/> <$transclude field="coffee-amount" />

cheez · on Sept 2, 2019

MoinMoin has templates as well

wishrider · on Sept 1, 2019

You can also write journal entries via email, somewordsfor.me sends you an email every day and you only have to reply to add an entry.

qzx_pierri · on Sept 1, 2019

this looks really neat

DawnOSimplicity · on Sept 2, 2019

I just wanted to say thank you for your template. It's inspired me to start journalling again and I'm going to make use of it!

jborichevskiy · on Sept 1, 2019

This is really cool! I like the increased structure. Have you ever tried doing any retrospective analysis on it?

taylortrusty · on Sept 1, 2019

Thanks! I go back and read old posts at times. I haven’t done anything really formal though.

hydandata · on Sept 1, 2019

This is great!

I do something similar in the evening to relax before sleep, albeit more freestyle and I write it down on paper, but doing it at the start of day sounds like a great way to set the mood, going to adopt it.

theli0nheart · on Sept 1, 2019

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing!

copperx · on Sept 1, 2019

Doing what you're doing is incredibly courageous. I would never be able to do it. It would be like walking naked into a gathering of friends.

How do you do it? How to you get past the self-editing to suppress embarrassing thoughts? You are getting naked in front of everyone!

MegaButts · on Sept 1, 2019

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but I think he is only sharing the template with his friends, not the journal itself.

taylortrusty · on Sept 1, 2019

Right, I don’t post the journal publicly. Just this template.