In response to Carsten's mention of a new capture target type, Eric
wrote:
Excellent! This is perfect. I keep a journal but ...
I'd be really interested in seeing how people use org-mode for
journaling. By journaling I'm thinking of the various ways of capturing
activity throught the day and then being able to say at some later
point, "What exactly did I spend my time on?" I guess the more important
part is deciding exactly how to slice and dice previously captured data
so as to give a historical report with the right level of detail. But
obviously that is affected by how the data is captured in the first
place.
I'm new to org-mode so I currently have a very simple capture setup. I
have two types of capturing -- one a TODO and one just a note. And then
I have two broad classes -- personal and work. So four templates in
all. I also have it prompt me for a note if a pause on a task or
complete it.
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(global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") 'org-capture)
(setq org-capture-templates
'(
("t" "Todo" entry
(file+headline "~/org/journal.org" "Journal")
"\n\n** TODO %?\nSCHEDULED: %t\n%i%a\n\n\n"
:empty-lines 1)
("n" "Note" entry
(file+headline "~/org/journal.org" "Journal")
"\n\n** %?\n%U\n%i%a\n\n\n"
:empty-lines 1)
("p" "Personal Templates")
("pt" "Personal Todo" entry
(file+headline "~/org/personal.org" "Personal Journal")
"\n\n** TODO %?\nSCHEDULED: %t\n%i%a\n\n\n"
:empty-lines 1)
("pn" "Personal Note" entry
(file+headline "~/org/personal.org" "Personal Journal")
"\n\n** %?\n%U\n%i%a\n\n\n"
:empty-lines 1)
)
)
;; Log notes and time at various points in a task's life
(setq org-log-done 'note) ;; When we complete it
(setq org-log-note-clock-out t) ;; When we clock out
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All TODOs are captured SCHEDULED for today, but I reschedule them
everytime I need to look at the agenda, so I keep today clean. I know
there are better ways, but I'm adding to my org-mode setup slowly, so as
not to be overwhelmed by new things.
But as I say, I'm new to this so I know there's a lot more can be done
than just the above. Also, I haven't yet figure out the best way to
create reports from the above, other than just turning on log mode and
showing inactive timestamped items in the agenda. I'd really appreciate
seeing what others have come up with.
So, anyone care to share their journaling approach?
Tommy
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