Org Roam: The Best Way to Keep a Journal in Emacs

David Wilson demonstrates how to use Org Roam's dailies feature to maintain a journal or daily log within Emacs.

In this video, I'll show you how to use Org Roam's "dailies" feature to keep a journal or daily log in Emacs. We'll cover how to create and review entries both for today, yesterday and tomorrow, and any other specific day. I'll also show you how you can customize the default template for daily entries to add any other information you'd like to capture. Check out the show notes here: systemcrafters.net/build-a-second-brain-in-emacs/keep-a-jour… Related videos: - Build a Second Brain in Emacs with Org Roam: youtube.com/watch?v=AyhPmypHDEw - Capturing Notes Efficiently with Org Roam: youtu.be/YxgA5z2R08I Chapters: - 00:00 Intro - 00:16 The starting configuration - 00:40 Creating the folder for journal entries - 01:31 Creating a journal entry for today - 04:21 Reviewing today's journal entries - 06:07 Creating and viewing entries for yesterday or tomorrow - 08:40 Creating and viewing entries for a specific date - 12:37 Adding the time to each entry - 15:57 The final configuration My Emacs configuration: config.daviwil.com/emacs My system configurations: config.daviwil.com/systems If you enjoy this channel, please consider becoming a sponsor on GitHub, Liberapay, or Patreon: systemcrafters.net/support-the-channel Chat with the System Crafters community on Discord and IRC: systemcrafters.chat Follow me on Twitter for more GNU Emacs and GNU Guix content! twitter.com/SystemCrafters Check out my other video series! - Emacs Essentials: youtube.com/watch?v=48JlgiBpw_I&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPZvSdewHG8u… - Emacs From Scratch: youtube.com/watch?v=74zOY-vgkyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPH1au7H6B7b… - Emacs Tips: youtube.com/watch?v=wKTKmE1wLyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oMHJ6Xil1Ydn… - Emacs Desktop Environment: youtube.com/watch?v=f7xB2fFk1tQ&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNPbEMYEtswO… - Emacs IDE: youtube.com/watch?v=E-NAM9U5JYE&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNvsrtk_iZSb… - Emacs Mail: youtube.com/watch?v=yZRyEhi4y44&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oM-kA19xOQc8… - Learning Emacs Lisp: youtube.com/watch?v=RQK_DaaX34Q&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPQtn7FQEF3D… - Craft Your System with GNU Guix: youtube.com/watch?v=iBaqOK75cho&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNxnj7jm5V2Z… Thumbnail image credit: Photo by Noémi Macavei-Katócz on Unsplash: unsplash.com/photos/GAv6SVHKQiw Music credits: Coriolis Effect by logos feat. stefsax, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY ccmixter.org/files/mseq/26296 reNovation by airtone, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY ccmixter.org/files/airtone/60674 ukeSounds by airtone, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY ccmixter.org/files/airtone/32655 Between Worlds (Instrumental) by Aussens@iter, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664