Daily Notes Template

Sure!

What I do is a little more complicated, but I’ve drafted a shortcut that should work for most people and should be easy to edit by anyone. All the prompts are in text boxes—edit and add new ones as you desire.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5519b1d8045743d0bc4b48018d7d0bcc

It requires Shortcuts, which is built into modern iOS devices. When run, it generates a markdown-formatted reflection that will look something like this:

# Reflection for May 30, 2020 at 9:21 AM

## Gratitudes

### What are you looking forward to this week?
### What was the last great coffee or tea you had?

## Reflections

### Research
#### What are some events or deadlines for Research coming up in the near future?
#### What are some events or deadlines for Research coming up in the near future?

### Home
#### What are some events or deadlines for Home coming up in the near future?
#### What challenges should you be mindful of in Home today?

As you can see, it can sometimes randomly select the same prompt twice in a given section. I don’t mind this. The lists I use have enough prompts that this is rare, but if it does happen, I just delete the duplicate and cherish the saved time! The shortcut only has four, so you may want to add some more to reduce the chances of duplicate prompts.

The shortcut copies that reflection text to the clipboard. From there just paste it into your daily note, or wherever you’d like. With macOS/iOS Handoff, you can also paste it straight into Obsidian.

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