

This is actually working without any issues thus far.Īt its simplest, you can just type the heading for the entry followed by a period and then the contents of the entry. In my case I want to access the same journal from several machines, including my MBP and my Windows desktop machines, so I specified a text file in my DropBox folder. The first time you run it, it will ask you iave you want to store the file somewhere in particular. Once it's installed, just run 'jrnl' from the command line. In which case you should see something like this (apparently I'm a couple of versions behind on pip but it still works):
#Work journal software install
For Windows, assuming you've already installed python, you can just run 'pip install jrnl'. I've installed it on my Windows machines as well as my MacBook Pro (using 'brew install jrnl'). Head over to the installation instructions for jrnl.sh and you'll see options for installing on several platforms. Here's a quick overview and getting started guide.

He recommended trying jrnl.sh, a simple command line tool, so I did. Reflection is good, and it’s good to have a log for self assessments. I start a fresh one each year.Ī work journal lets you record highs, lows, accomplishments, and issues.

I've kept notes in a variety of formats throughout my career but have never really kept a journal per se, so I thought I'd give it a try. Not long ago I saw a tweet from Brian Hogan describing a tool he uses for journaling while at work.
