I began journaling in 2019. It isn’t that I like keeping a journal, precisely. It is extra that I discover my mind works higher if I spend slightly time dumping its contents onto paper each morning. This apply received me via 2020, a particularly tough 12 months, and I’ve stored it up ever since.
My journal is not superior. I’ve received a number of sections advisable by my therapist from across the time I began—there is a part I fill in day-after-day with issues I am wanting ahead to, for instance. I exploit one other part to suppose via what I will eat and different issues I am going to try this day. All of that is simple; I simply use a template that features headers for these issues.
However there is a bit of knowledge I like to assemble and embody. Every day’s climate, for instance. I’ve observed that I am typically in a nasty temper on wet, grey days, so recording the climate together with my ideas offers me some useful context after I’m reviewing entries later. I additionally wish to know what time I wrote my entry, the place I used to be after I wrote it, and—if attainable—embody a quote of the day or one thing else to replicate on.
I might collect all the above info myself manually, each morning. However I’ve discovered it is so much sooner to make use of Apple Shortcuts for the job. This software, which comes preinstalled on each Mac, iPhone, and iPad, can mechanically pull in every kind of knowledge and format it properly for my journal. I run a customized automation each morning. This is how I constructed it.
The Date, Climate, and Location
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Hearth up Apple Shortcuts in your gadget of alternative and make a brand new shortcut. This software program could be a little complicated, however don’t be concerned, I will discuss you thru all the pieces. In the precise column you will notice a lot of totally different tiny automations you possibly can run. Drag as many of those as you wish to the principle column, which is on the left. I wish to seek for what I am searching for, however if you happen to want, you possibly can manually discover the choices to get a way of what Shortcuts can do.
