Reading Time: 4 minutes We’re lucky to live in a time when multiple software options exist for daily journaling. People use the daily notes feature in Obsidian and Craft, and multiple journaling-specific apps are available: Day One, Apple Journal, and Journey are examples. The abundance of apps is great because it gives us many different designs and options to …
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’ve been using an app-based morning routine for over a year now. I start out every day sitting comfortably on my living room sofa with my iPad Pro and a cup of coffee. Everything that I do in my morning routine is waiting for me in one place — the apps on my iPad. I’ve …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Garbage in, Garbage Out 2,000 years ago Marcus Aurelius wrote, “‘The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” Henry Todd, writing in the Daily Creative, tied this concept into the creative process: “There are few things that affect your creative process more than …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Self-evaluation and self-assessment have become popular in the business community, replacing the old employee evaluations process. Businesses see the value of having employees evaluate their behavior, both the negatives and the positives. Self-evaluations have also been a part of spiritual and personal growth processes for hundreds of years. Why Do Self-Evaluations? According to High Five …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently, David Sparks (Aka MacSparky) published a blog post and video describing his morning routine journal template. In it, he lists the questions he uses to prompt his journaling every morning. I’d seen the question, “How will my actions today show my character?” before in some of his materials. At that time I’d chosen not …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently I began using the Daily Note feature in Craft as my journaling app instead of Day One, which I’d been using for several years. Craft had all the features that I was using in Day One, and had some additional benefits that made it worthwhile for me to switch apps. Benefits to Journaling in …
Reading Time: 3 minutes I tried several times to develop a consistent journaling practice in the past few years. Each time, I would start with good intentions, but I stopped after a few days due to forgetting or getting busy with other things.