Set Reminder for Journaling
Posted: Sun, 14-07-2024
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I keep forgeting to write my journal.
My solution is to create a program that checks and reminds me
if I haven't filled my journal whenever I open a terminal.
I only use txt file on vim for journaling. Nothing fancy.
I don't like note taking app like obsidian and notion,
because too many buttons and many features that I will never use.
I use a subset of markdown syntax for organizing my journal:
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# Journal
## 2024
### 07-11-24
- Some interesting events.
- Today I learned ....
### 06-11-24
- Finished chapter 1 of "insert book name"
- Tried installing new OS.
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So, here is the code:
https://codeberg.org/jonesangga/dotfiles/src/branch/main/utils/journalreminder.c
First, it checks the last modified date of a given filename argument,
in this case my journal.txt file. And subtract that to today's date.
Then it prints a message if the date difference is not zero.
To run that everytime I open a terminal I added the following line to my .bashrc file:
~/.dotfiles/utils/journalreminder ~/Meta/journal.txt
One of its limitation is if I forgot to write journal for, say 5 days,
and now I write it but only for today's date, it will not show the message again.
Though that also what I intended: if I forget to write for one day,
the reason might be there is nothing interesting to write that day.
