I started journalling in Evernote at the end of 2016. I set up a notebook per year with the format Journal-YYYY. I create a note per day with the name format YYYY-MM-DD DDDD. This way, all notes for a specific year are grouped and the notebook isn’t too big so it’s easy enough to scroll to the current/most recent note and the notes (if you sort by title) will be grouped in date order.

I log what time I wake up each morning, what I do throughout the day, what I eat and drink and what time I go to sleep.

I’ve recently added a “Tasks Completed” list/section at the bottom of each day’s note to keep track of more specific items I have completed during the day.

At the bottom of the note, which I keep open all day, I have a list of tasks to complete and other items I’d like to remember.

At the end of the day, when I create an empty note for the next day, I cut/paste the bottom section of the current day’s note into the new day’s note so I have an ongoing, work in progress list of things I’d like to keep in mind and I don’t need to switch to a different note or app to see it.

it’s quite interesting to be able to search for a meal or bottle of wine and see when last you consumed it or type in the name of a restaurant to see when last you visited it. It’s also quite crazy to see how quickly the days go by as the number of notes in the current year’s notebook increases.