Tag: journaling
Journaling with Obsidian - Update
About five months ago, I made the decision to stop using DayOne for journaling and use Obsidian for journaling instead. It felt like a big decision at the time, as I had journaled in DayOne for over 14 years, amassing thousands of memories. I made the move to Obsidian not certain that Obsidian as a journaling platform would stick. But stick it has and I haven't once considered returning to DayOne. The biggest reason I made this move away from DayOne was to get my journaling under my complete con...
Intentional daily journaling
I have kept a digital journal for a long time, starting with Momento on my iPhone way back in the day, and then switching to DayOne about 14 years ago. For 14 years, I used DayOne fairly frequently as a place to jot down thoughts, achievements, occurrences in my life, and reflections. However, I made the decision this year to move my journaling from DayOne to Obsidian, mostly as an effort to achieve greater portability, reduce friction, and eliminate another app subscription. I was mostly gratef...
Plugins for journaling in Obsidian
When I decided to move my journaling from DayOne to Obsidian, there were two things I knew I was going to miss - the calendar view and the map view. Way back when I last used Obsidian, there was not a simple way to replicate these features within Obsidian. Thankfully, that has changed. In addition to the standard Daily Notes core plugin, here is how I replicated these other features: Notebook Navigator is a wonderful plugin that replaces a lot of other plugins. But the most important thing it do...
Write Everything Down
What makes someone obsessively journal every moment of their life? In some cases, it might actually be hypergraphia, a condition tied to a neurological trait.