SlRvb's Journaling Setup

Bullet Journal

This is a deep dive into how I personally go about journaling the things that happen in my life.

I also have this written my Publish website if you prefer to read it with the outline on the side there (Code might be far more readable there). There’s also another one up on my Quartz Website for those who prefer to read in light mode.

I’ve also created a zip file that you can download and play around with the setup yourself here: SlRvb’s Journal Setup Zip

Resources

CSS:

Plugins:

  • Dataview
  • Templater
  • QuickAdd

Folder Setup

I had a couple areas of my life that I wanted to track which now are the folders you see in the screenshot above.

The reason the folders are separated is just for me to easily search through the folders to find which kind of journal entry I’m looking for on what day.

I’m using numbers at the beginning of the folder names just to sort them in the order I want to see the folders in, they don’t really mean anything beyond that.

Folder Description of Log
0 BuJo MOCs for all the journal entry types.
1 Journal Events on that day.
2 Dream Journal Events in my dreams.
3 Workout Log Exercise/workout routines.
4 Conditions Log Symptoms of my body that day.
5 Code Diary Coding techniques/insights.
6 Resonance Calendar Media that challenges my preconceptions.
7 Update Log Updates for projects I work on.

0 BuJo: MOCs

Most of the MOC pages heavily utilize Dataview to list out the entries dynamically so that I don’t have to spend time linking things myself.

The fields these dataview tables use are in the Journal Sections down below.

Journal Homepage

If you’re curious about the year embed, more information is in the Yearly Journal Entry Section.

---
tags: Journal, MOC/HQ
cssclass: hcl, readable

JD: 10
Order: 0

Description: "Record of the times."
---

# Journal
> ` dv= this.Description`

###### Currently
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID link(file.link, " ") + "<strong>" + Title + " " + default(Creator, "") + "</strong><br>" + Date AS Entries
FROM "10 BuJo" 
WHERE !contains(file.path, "10 BuJo/0 BuJo") & contains(file.name, "20")
SORT file.name desc
LIMIT 7
```

---

![[10 BuJo/1 Journal/2021/2021|no-title]]

###### Areas
[[Timeline]]
[[Dream Journal]]
[[Workout]]
[[Code Diary]]
[[Resonance Calendar]]
[[Conditions Log]]

Result:

Timeline

Timeline page was inspired by this Timeline - § Sim Salis - Obsidian Publish, but it’s now a defunct link unfortunately.

I just use it to list out what notable events happened in each year and if I have a year page, I’ll link to it. I think it’s just a neat way to see your life at a glance and all the things you’ve been able to do.

Year | Notable Events |
-----|----------------|
`YYYY` | Comma separated list of notable events
`[[2021]]` | Created ITS Theme, Obsidian Community Showcase

Dream Journal

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID "" + link(rows.file.link," ") + join(default(rows.Title, rows.file.link)) AS Dream, rows.Date AS Date
FROM "10 BuJo/2 Dream Journal"
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.Date desc
```

Workout Log

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID "" + link(rows.file.link," ") + join(default(rows.Title, rows.file.link)) AS Entry, "<a class=tag>" + rows.Area + "</a><br>" + rows.Date AS Type______, (rows.Weight + "<br><a class=tag>" + rows.Intensity + "</a>") AS Challenge__, (rows.Notes) AS Notes
FROM "10 BuJo/3 Workout Log"
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.file.name desc
```

Result:

Conditions Log

There was a lot of information on these pages, so I opted to get very CSS heavy on the dataview query so that I could still glance and get the information I needed.

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID "" + link(rows.file.link, " ") + join(default(rows.Title, rows.file.link)) + "<br><span style='font-weight: 500; color: var(--text);'>" + rows.Event + "<br><a class=tag>" + rows.Area + "</a></span>" AS Entry, "**Start:** " + rows.Start + "<br>**End:** " + rows.End + "</strong>" + "<br><span style='border-bottom: 2px solid var(--proj2);'>" + rows.Pain + "</span><br><span style='border-bottom: 2px solid var(--neb2);'>" + rows.Distress AS "Information___________", rows.Note AS Note
FROM "10 BuJo/4 Conditions Log"
WHERE contains(file.name, "20")
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.file.name desc
```

Result:

Code Diary

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID "" + link(rows.file.link," ") + join(default(rows.Title, rows.file.link)) + "<br>" + rows.Language + " ― "+ rows.Program AS Entry
FROM "10 BuJo/5 Code Diary"
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.file.name desc
```

Result:
Setup-Journal - Code Diary DV

Resonance Calendar

##### In Progress
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID rows.Title + link(rows.file.link, "Link") AS Entry, rows.Date AS Date
FROM "10 BuJo/6 Resonance Calendar" & #Progress/In-Progress 
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.Date desc
```

###### Mobile
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID link(rows.file.link, "  ") + "<strong>" + rows.Title + "</strong>" + "<br>" + rows.Creator + "<br>" + rows.Source + "<br>" + rows.Date AS ENTRY
FROM "10 BuJo/6 Resonance Calendar" & #Progress/In-Progress 
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.Date desc
```

Result:

Update Log

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID (rows.Title + link(rows.file.link, "Link") + rows.Link) AS Entry, rows.Date AS Updated_______
FROM "10 BuJo/7 Update Log"
GROUP BY file.link
SORT rows.file.name desc
```

Result:


Journal Sections

The naming scheme of my files is something new and was done to help me quickly identify what type of entry it is. My old system just had the date then a title, but when listing or searching through them it was hard to tell what kind I was looking at. So I came up with this:

File Title Format: YYYY-MM-DD-JT-ST - Title

  • JT being the initials for the Journal Type
  • ST being intials for the subtype of the Journal Type
Initials Type
J Journal Day
DJ Dream Journal
WL Workout Log
WL-A Workout Log Arm Day
WL-T Workout Log Torso Day
WL-L Workout Log Lower Body Day
CD Code Diary
UL Update Log
R Resonance Calendar
CL Conditions Log

Examples:

  • 2021-07-24-J - Community Showcase
  • 2021-07-27-DJ - The Dream
  • 2021-06-19-WL-L - New Leg Routine

1 Journal

Daily Journal Entry

My journal entries for daily notes are often very bare bones, because if I tried to record too much in/about a day I would never write anything. It’s been a struggle to find out what it would take to get me to write regularly, but I think this template/setup is the closest I can get to nearly daily writing.


The File Title often is a couple words about each important event that day; sometimes it’s only 1 event and sometimes it’s 3+. If there’s more than 1, I’ll just add a + plus sign between the titles to help me see the separation.
Example: 2021-05-11-J - Dying Internet + CSV to MD Fixes

---
tags: Journal/Date/Day

Date: <% tp.file.title.split("-J ")[0] %>
Title: <% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1] %>
---
<i>**[[Journal]]**, [[Day]]</i>

# <% moment(tp.file.title.split("-J")[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>
**Year**:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-J")[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
**Month**:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-J")[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]]
**Rating**:: [[Rating]]
**Tags**:: 

---
# Summary
- <% tp.file.cursor(2) %>

---

## Event Title
- Event

The Summary section is to finally get me to at least put a brief version of the important events that happened that day.

The Event Title headings after that are for more indepth recounts of the events of that day if it’s really notable for me. Everything else regarding the actual events is written in bullet points because I do not want to write more than I have to and bullets are just far easier for me to reread.

Yearly Journal Entry

The yearly journal entry note is also bare bones as well, if not moreso.

The File Title is just the year number (ie. 2021).

---
tags: Journal/Date/Year

Date: <% tp.file.title %>
---
<i>[[Journal]], [[Year]]</i>

# <% tp.file.title %>
**Rating**::
**Tags**::

---

# Theme: 
- [ ] 


---
# Reflections
- 

---
# Entries
```dataview
LIST 
FROM "10 BuJo"
WHERE contains(file.name, "<% tp.file.title %>-")
SORT file.name desc
```

Inspired by the video: Your Theme by CGP Grey, I have a section for what my theme is for the year. Under that heading is just a place for some task that I might want to accomplish, but sometimes I just delete that and go straight for the reflections.

Reflections are something that I fill out throughout the year, because I definitely won’t remember nor will I want to sit down at the end of the year and try to remember everything that occurred. By the end of the year I want to read what I accomplished.

The Entries section is just a large list of all the files with the year that matches the current notes year.

2 Dream Journal

The dream note is far more free form and actually written in paragraphs. Most of the time it’s often done right when I wake up if I can remember the dream.

---
tags: Journal/Dream

Date: <% tp.file.title.split("-DJ")[0] %>
Title: <% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1] %>
---
<i>**[[Dream Journal]]**, [[Journal]]</i>

# <% moment(tp.file.title.split("-DJ")[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>
**Year**:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-DJ")[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
**Month**:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-DJ")[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]], <% tp.date.now("MMMM") %>
**Tags**::
**Fandom**:: 
**People**:: 

---
# Event Of Dream

3 Workout Log

The workout log is where I record my reps of my workout routine to measure my progress.

The workout log isn’t anything fancy, I just have a form section on the table where I note how I felt for that particular exercise. Since there are a couple of templates for this part of the journal, I’ll show the results first so you understand what all these pages end up looking like since they’re all the same.

Arm Day Template:

---
tags: Journal/Workout/Arms
cssclass: table, t-c, writing
---
%%
Date:: <% tp.file.title.split(/-WL-/)[0] %>
Year:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-WL-/)[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
Month:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-WL-/)[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]]

Workout:: [[Intense 5 Min Workouts -- Anabolic Aliens#Arms]]
Area:: Arms
Weight:: 
Intensity::

Title::<% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1] %>
Notes:: 
%%

<i>**[[Workout]]: ` dv= this.Area`**, [[Journal]]
` dv= this.Workout`
</i>

# <% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-WL-/)[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>
> ` dv= this.Notes`

Exercise | Time | Log |
---------|:----:|-----|
**TRICEPS**||
[[Overhead Extension]] | 1 Min |
[[1-Arm Landmine Extension]] | L: 30 sec<br>R: 30 sec |
[[1-Arm Landmine Kickback]] |  L: 30 sec<br>R: 30 sec |
[[Skullcrushers]] | 1 Min |
[[Close-Grip Bench Press]] | 1 Min | 
||
**BICEPS** ||
[[Bicep Curl]]| 1 Min |
[[Reverse Curl]]| 1 Min |
[[Drag Curl]]| 1 Min |
[[Cross Arm Landmine Curl]]| L: 30 sec<br>R: 30 sec |
[[Concetration Landmine Curl]]| L: 30 sec<br>R: 30 sec |
||
**FOREARMS**||
[[Reverse Wrist Curl]] | 1 Min |
[[Rotated Wrist Curl]] | 1 Min |
[[Foreward Roll]] | 1 Min |
[[Reverse Roll]] | 1 Min |
[[Landmine Swing Backs]] | L: 30 sec<br>R: 30 sec |

## Vids

<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R4xRByps7nY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9sdYBBs1rc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nhqo1oLoMCc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Torso Day Template:

---
tags: Journal/Workout/Torso
cssclass: table, t-c, writing
---
%%
Date:: <% tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0] %>
Year:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
Month:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]]

Workout:: [[Intense 5 Min Workouts -- Anabolic Aliens#Torso]]
Area:: Torso
Weight:: 
Intensity:: 

Title::<% tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[1] %>
Notes:: 
%%

<i>**[[Workout]]: ` dv= this.Area`**, [[Journal]]
` dv= this.Workout`
</i>

# <% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>
> ` dv= this.Notes`

Exercise | Time | Log |
---------|:----:|-----|
**CHEST** |
[[Standard Alternating Fly]] | 1 Min |
[[Standing Alternate Press]] | 1 Min |
[[Standing Upward Fly]] | R: 30 Sec<br>L: 30 Sec |
[[Standing Landmine Press]] | 1 Min | 
[[Wide-Grip Floor Press]] | 1 Min |
**BACK** |
[[T-Rows]] | 1 Min |
[[1-Arm Landmine Row]] | R: 30 Sec<br>L: 30 Sec |
[[Front Shrug]] | 1 Min | 
[[Underhand Row]] | 1 Min |
[[Good Morning]] | 1 Min |
**SHOULDERS** |
[[Front Raise]] | 1 Min |
[[Overhead Press]] | 1 Min | 
[[Landmine Face Pull]] | 1 Min |
[[Landmine Bent Arm Side Raise]] | R: 30 Sec<br>L: 30 Sec |
[[Over Behind]] | 1 Min | 

# Vids
![[Intense 5 Min Workouts -- Anabolic Aliens#Torso]]

Lower Body Day Template:

---
tags: Journal/Workout/Leg, Journal/Workout/Core
cssclass: table, t-c, writing
---
%%
Date:: <% tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0] %>
Year:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
Month:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]]

Workout:: [[Intense 5 Min Workouts -- Anabolic Aliens#Lower Body]]
Area:: Legs, Abs
Weight:: 
Intensity:: 

Title::<% tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[1] %>
Notes:: 
%%

<i>**[[Workout]]: ` dv= this.Area`**, [[Journal]]
` dv= this.Workout`
</i>

# <% moment(tp.file.title.split(/-[A-Z]-/)[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>
> ` dv= this.Notes`

Exercise | Time | Rest | Form |
---------|:----:|:----:|------|
**Leg** |
[[Jump Squat]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Alternating Stepping Lunge]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Single-Leg Hip Thrust]] | L: 45 sec<br>R: 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Alternating Stiff-Leg Deadlift]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Standing Calf Raise]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Speed Air Squat]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Alternating Side-Lunge]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Hamstring Heel Curl]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
[[Static Squat Hold]] | 45 sec | 15 sec | 
**Core** |
[[Rising Flutters]] | 30 sec ||
[[Rocker]] | 30 sec ||
[[Toe Touchers]] | 30 sec ||
[[Penguins]] | 30 sec ||
[[Legs Extended Crunches]] | 30 sec ||
[[Touch & Go's]] | 30 sec ||
[[Hip Thrusts]] | 30 sec ||
[[Bikes]] | 30 sec ||
[[Leg Crunches]] | 30 sec ||
[[Busters]] | 30 sec ||


# Vids
[Intense 10 Min Full Lower Body "At Home Workout"](https://youtu.be/erKJOb51bCI)
<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/erKJOb51bCI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>


[Intense 5 Minute Ab Workout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITPcN8U_tYg)
<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITPcN8U_tYg" frameborder="0" 

4 Conditions Log

The conditions log entry is very new in my system. It used to be a lot random notes with 0 structure to them, but I finally came up with fields that I actually can fill out that are very helpful. I just tried to remember a specific event and what kind of information I wanted to know about, and these were the ones I wanted to have answers for.

Template:

---
tags: Journal/Condition
cssclass: table, t-c, hcl

Date: <% tp.file.title.split("-CL ")[0] %>
Title: <% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1] %>

Event: 
Start: 
End: 

Symptom: 
Area: 
Cause: 
Condition: 

Pain: 
Distress: 
---
%%
Note::

Year:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-CL")[0]).format("YYYY") %>]]
Month:: [[<% moment(tp.file.title.split("-CL")[0]).format("YYYY-MM") %>]]
%%
<i>**[[Conditions Log]]**, [[Journal]]</i>


# <% moment(tp.file.title.split("-CL")[0]).format("dddd DD, MMMM YYYY") %>

||
---|---|
Start | ` dv= this.Start`
End | ` dv= this.End`
Event | ` dv= this.Event`
Symptom | ` dv= this.Symptom`
Area | ` dv= this.Area`
Cause | ` dv= this.Cause`
Condition | ` dv= this.Condition`
Pain | ` dv= this.Pain`
Distress | ` dv= this.Distress`

<b> ` dv= this.Note` </b>

###### Summary
- 

Result:

5 Code Diary

Inspired by this video: Code Diary: How and Why to Keep One by Semicolon&Sons, I decided to create a code diary.

That video breaks down why to use and what goes into a code diary far more than I will, so do watch the video if you’re interested.

For my personal Code Diary so far, I mostly write down code that, through trial and error, I came up with that does a particular thing that may be useful to know why it was done or just what it does.

Template:

---
tags: Journal/Code-Diary

Date: <% tp.file.title.split("-CD")[0] %>
Title: <% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1] %>
---
<i>**[[Code Diary]]**, [[Journal]]
[[Coding-<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>|<% tp.file.cursor(2) %>]], [[Program-<% tp.file.cursor(3) %>|<% tp.file.cursor(4) %>]]
</i>

# Code
```<% tp.file.cursor(5) %>
```

# Explanation
- <% tp.file.cursor(6) %>

# Result

Result:

6 Resonance Calendar

I was inspired by this video How I use Notion as a Resonance Calendar by Ali Abdaal, watch through the video for a more indepth look at what a Resonance Calendar is.

The resonance calendar is a journal entry about a work that challenges the way I think or provides new insights.

Template:

---
tags: Journal/Resonance
cssclass: hcl
Date: <% tp.file.title.split("-R")[0] %>
---
%%
Title:: <% tp.file.title.split(" - ")[1].replace(/ --.\*/, '') %>
Creator:: <% tp.file.title.split(" -- ")[1] %>
Source:: <% tp.file.cursor(1) %>
Media:: [[Medium]]
%%
<i>**[[Resonance Calendar]]**</i>

# <% tp.file.title.split("-R")[1].replace(/ --.*/, '') %>
<i>`dv= this.Source`</i>

<iframe width=100% height=300px src="<% tp.file.cursor(2) %>" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

# Notes
<% tp.file.cursor(3) %>

The File Title format: YYYY-MM-DD-R - Title -- Creator.
The double dashes to me signify that it’s a work with a creator that isn’t me. Anything that comes after -- tells me that’s the creator. Usually I would have these flipped, but the work title is slightly more important to me to see first.

The page has some metadata about the work that I want to know:

  • The Date when I decided to add it to the journal
  • Who the Creator of that work is
  • The Source/where I found it
  • What type of Media it is (ie. Video, Podcast, Article, Book, etc)

Then I’ll embed that source if I can, otherwise I’ll just delete the iframe and continue onto my notes.

The notes aren’t anything special, this is still a fairly new setup for me, so it’s just bullet points on things I found interesting or profound from the work.

If I haven’t finished taking notes on the video I’ll just randomly throw in a tag so that it looks ugly and bothers me so I have to go through the video to get rid of it. Which is nice because I can have my mind blown all over again.

Result:

7 Update Log

The Update Log is where I list out the things I’ve changed between creation or the last update of a project.

I keep the update log’s page very simple as it’s just the bare bones outline of the updates I’ve added. For now, the only project that I have that I need updates for is the ITS Theme.

The title and date are usually left blank until I feel I’ve done enough to finally push an update through. Then, I’ll add the information manually to all of it. The only thing that’s updated first is the Project wikilink.


The File Title will be formatted YYYY-MM-DD-UL-PI - Updates.
PI is the project initials that I decide on, usually about 2-5 letters depending on the title. For example, for the ITS Theme updates the file title is:

2021-07-31-UL-ITS - Icon & Image Adjustment & Updates + Kanban Adjustments

Template:

---
tags: Journal/Update-Log

Date: 
Title: 
---
<i>**[[Update Log]]**
**Project**:: [[]]
**Link**:: []()
</i>

# ` dv= this.Date` - ` dv= this.Project`
- Updates/Fixes

Result:


QuickAdd Plugin

The QuickAdd plugin allows me to easily select whichever type of journal entry I want to create and enter the information I need.

My setup here is very simple, just a template with some stuff in the file name and folder input and toggled on Open to open to the note once it’s created.

For simplicity:
1 is the File Name Format
2 is the Folder Format


Bullet Journal ― Template

  1. {{DATE:YYYY}}/{{DATE}}-J - {{VALUE:Title}}.md
  2. 10 BuJo/1 Journal

Dream Journal ― Template

  1. {{DATE:YYYY}}/{{DATE}}-DJ - {{VALUE:Title}}.md
  2. 10 BuJo/2 Dream Journal

Workout Log ― Template

  1. {{DATE:YYYY}}/{{DATE}}-WL-{{VALUE:A,T,L,W}} - .md
  2. 10 BuJo/2 Dream Journal

The template for this is different since I have different options I need to chose from. The letters are mostly the same choices from the table in the Journal Sections above. The only addition here is W which is just a blank template to add a different workout routine from the the usual arm/torso/leg.

Template Note:

<%* if (tp.file.title.match(/.*-WL-A/)) { -%>
<% tp.file.include("[[Arm Day Template]]") %>
<%* } else if (tp.file.title.match(/.*-WL-T/)) { -%>
<% tp.file.include("[[Torso Day Template]]") %>
<%* } else if (tp.file.title.match(/.*-WL-L/)) { -%>
<% tp.file.include("[[Lower Body Day Template]]") %>
<%* } else if (tp.file.title.match(/.*-WL-W/)) { -%>
<% tp.file.include("[[Workout Log Template]]") %>
<%* } else {} %>

This is the template that I have for quickadd to use when creating a note. The template will read the title of the journal entry and if it matches the letter, will add that specific template to the note.


Conditions Log ― Template

  1. {{DATE:YYYY}}/{{DATE}}-CL - {{VALUE:Title}}.md
  2. 10 BuJo/4 Conditions Log

Code Diary ― Template

  1. {{DATE}}-CD-{{VALUE:Language}} - {{VALUE:Title}}.md
  2. 10 BuJo/4 Code Diary

Resonance Calendar ― Template

  1. {{DATE}}-R - {{VALUE:Title}} -- {{VALUE:Creator}}.md
  2. 10 BuJo/6 Resonance Log

Update Log ― Template

  1. {{DATE}}-UL-{{VALUE}} - .md
  2. 10 BuJo/6 Update Log

Link Styling

This is the css that I use to add the icons for each entry that you see in the screenshots of the 0 BuJo MOCs Section.

a.internal-link[href*="-J - "]::before {
    content: "\ead6";
    font-family: var(--rmx);
    color: var(--bujo2);
}
a.internal-link[href*="-DJ - "]::before {
    content: "\ea46";
    font-family: var(--mdi);
    color: #9bacad;
}
a.internal-link[href*="-UL"]::before {
    content: "\f0d9";
    font-family: var(--rmx);
    color: #a483c3;
}
a.internal-link[href*="-CD"]::before {
    content: "\e86f";
    font-family: var(--mdi);
    color: #74c897;
}
a.internal-link[href*="-R - "]::before {
    content: "\eea7";
    font-family: var(--rmx);
    color: #e0a97b;
}
a.internal-link[href*="-CL"]::before {
    content: "\ee10";
    font-family: var(--rmx);
    color: #e299d0;
}
a.internal-link[href*="-WL"]::before {
    content: "\eae6";
    font-family: var(--rmx);
    color: #72b4b4;
}
44 Likes

This is super nice. What I especially like about your set-up is how you’ve personalised it with your own projects (journal sections) and explained how it’s grown organically. That’s something I haven’t seen in other project management showcases that present that present their set up as a fait accompli. And your use of the three plugins is masterful. Lots to learn here. Thank you SIRvb.

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I also just downloaded the ITS theme. First impression: WOW.

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This is a superb set up!
I’d like to know a little bit more about this quoted section.
Does the coding /.-WL-W/ for example mean that your file name must be exactly .-WL-W? Or is the period . and slash / used in a Regex way?
And what is the - doing before %> on the if lines?

This part in the template is regex // that is basically saying: .* look through anything until you find -WL-W in the title.

So often times my files have the day in ISO 8601 format at the start and .* is the easiest way to just search through anything, because I didn’t want to have to specify the formatting for the if to look through since it isn’t important to me.

So the file could be titled: !@#$%^&asdf-WL-W asdfghjkl. The template would see -WL-W and then place the correct template in the file.


The -%> is telling templater to remove any whitespaces/new lines so that it appears as 1 line with no with empty lines where the if statement was. Without it I would end up with a space or new line at the top of my newly created file.

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Yes, makes sense now! Thanks for explaining, and esp about that nifty trick -%>
I wasn’t aware of that & will certainly be using that in future! Also spurred me to refresh myself on Regex

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What’s the chance you could make this a downloadable example vault so we can play with it? I’m still a bit confused on things.

I think I can make a small zip of a vault so people can test the setup. I’ll update the post with the files and reply with an update about it so people are notified when it’s ready :slightly_smiling_face:.

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That would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

A zip of a small vault would be amazing! I have been closely examining your Journaling and MediaDB to try and learn new capabilities and frameworks of Obsidian to implement into my own. Your use of Obsidian and Plugins is on another level. Thank you for sharing and being so detailed in your vault explanations!

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Wow, this solution looks pretty cool but I don’t see how to implement it.
Where do the files go or how they are organized, in which directory.
I looked on the forum, but I did not understand or find.
If you can make a tutorial or a zip files to help for the understanding

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That’s kind of where I’m at. I was working on adding the templates and such, but I was thinking it would be easier to understand with a vault that’s already set up with correct date formats, etc.

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They’re all put into the folder with the same name as the type of journal entry it is. All the folders are listed in the Folder Setup section.

So a regular day Journal entry goes in the 1 Journal folder, while a Dream Journal entry goes into the 2 Dream Journal folder.

They’re put there via the QuickAdd plugin that automatically puts the type in the correct folder. The settings for that are listed in the QuickAdd Plugin section.

Journal Vault Zip File

I’ve created an example vault for the Journal Setup that you can download and play around with the setup yourself. You can download it here:
SlRvb’s Journal Setup Zip

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Thank you so much for sharing and documenting so well. Do you have consistent shortcut keys you use all the time? Hotkey to open a template?Formatting hotkeys? Date/time stamp hotkeys? I see you have so much pre-organized, like the collection of templates and it sounds like you manually select which one to use. I’m so impressed and curious to learn more about your active process.

The only real hotkey I use is alt + j which is to open up the QuickAdd menu to select which template/journal I want to use. My Templater templates automatically input all the time and stuff once the note is created.

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Awesome setup!
I had one doubt, though. What are those "dv"s I see around?
For example: dv= this.Start

It’s just how I setup the syntax for dataview’s inline queries in the dataview settings. So dv= this.Start is equivalent to = this.Start

I changed it because I have coding notes, so with dv= I can avoid accidentally triggering dataview with just this: `=`

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Thank you very much for your work and explanations!
The only thing what is not working is Quickadd and Templater. I believe it is a bug with Templater (I did some research, after x-times trying) [BUG] conflict with templater · Issue #119 · chhoumann/quickadd · GitHub
Have you heard this issue maby also from other users? I am not at all a programmer or anything like that. (pianoteacher) but I love experimenting and new ideas. Maybe I am doing something wrong…
many greetings from Germany

I don’t really have any issue with templater and quickadd together. All of my templates load up when using quickadd in the way I expect them to, so unfortunately I’m not sure what could be going wrong there for those where it doesn’t work.

Have you tried the demo vault? I’m curious if that issue occurs there as well for you.