---
type: dashboard
area: diary
status: active
tags:
  - diary
  - self-continuity
---

# Diary Home

This is the low-friction diary system. The point is not beautiful writing. The point is to give future Will a breadcrumb trail: what happened, what hurt, what helped, what mattered, and what tiny next step is available.

## Start here

- Today's daily note: use Obsidian's Daily Note command.
- Tiny entry: write only this if energy is low:

```text
Today:
Feeling:
Need:
Next:
```

## Daily rhythm: 3 minutes

Use [[Templates/Diary Daily]] when you want a dedicated diary entry, or the diary section in [[Templates/Daily Note]].

Minimum viable entry:

- What happened?
- What did I feel?
- What is one tiny next step?

Optional add-ons:

- What helped?
- What drained me?
- What do I not want to forget?
- What am I avoiding?

## Weekly rhythm: 10 minutes

Use [[Templates/Diary Weekly Review]] once a week.

Questions:

- What kept showing up?
- What gave me energy?
- What drained me?
- What did I avoid?
- What helped even a little?
- What is one adjustment for next week?

## Atlas help

If you ask Atlas to review diary patterns, the useful output should be gentle and concrete:

- recurring triggers
- recurring helpers
- avoided areas
- sleep/mood/energy patterns
- tiny-step recommendations
- durable context worth promoting into [[Atlas/Personal Context/README]]

Do not promote raw diary text into Hermes memory. Keep the raw diary in Obsidian; save only stable preferences or durable facts.

## Folders

- [[Diary/Entries]]: longer dated entries when daily notes are not enough.
- [[Diary/Weekly Reviews]]: weekly reflections.
- [[Diary/Atlas Reflections]]: optional Atlas summaries/pattern notes.

## Useful links

- [[Daily/Daily Notes Home]]
- [[Inbox/Inbox Home]]
- [[Atlas/Personal Context/README]]
- [[Ops Home]]
