After I posted this, an app I use on my phone, Screen Zen, released a Mac version of their app. So I'm going to see how that ends up working out. Don't think it's open source, but It might do in the meantime.

I hadn't considered using shortcuts. I'll explore what I can do with that. It would be nice to hit one button, have it set a timer, enable both these blocks, and turn on focus mode.

Yeah, I imagine doing so would be much more trouble than it's worth, but I figured I would ask and see what people had to say.

One one hand, I got the lens for free, so I won't be too upset if it gets ruined. On the other, it's still usable, but definitely has some undesirable artifacts.

That’s starting to look like something I want! I’ll definitely experiment with it. But, like you said, managing a self-host thing would take more effort. I’d also want a mobile app since I tend to write down smaller thoughts when I’m away from my computer. But this is a good start! Thanks for the share 😎

Of course! I’m probably just being picky 😂. I got used to more fancy features of an app made specifically for journaling. But so far, I’m not missing them tooo much haha.

I’ve given it a second try. I guess I just see Joplin as primarily suited for a note taking app.

I was used to journal specific features like a calendar view, on this day, etc, which really helped with reflecting on changes and themes over time.

But, I really don’t know what data is being collected and shared with Day One or how secure it’s E2EE is. So, the trade-off switching to Joplin is probably worth it for me at this point.

I'll take a look. Thanks!