jrnl-reminder

If you haven't tried jrnl.sh I definitely recommend you try it out.

If you're here I'm guess I don't have to sell you on the benefits of journaling. Still, as valuable as it is, it's easy to forget.

This is a simple node script to send you a prompt if you haven't jrnl'd in the last hour. It lets you add your response directly in the notification so that you can quickly get back to the work at hand.

Note: This software was developed for and tested on a mac. It's highly unlikely that it'll work as is on a different platform. I'm open to PRs though.

Usage

Install jrnl

brew install jrnl

Install with npm

npm i -g jrnl-reminder

Install with yarn

yarn global add jrnl-reminder

Setup a cron job to run it hourly

Open your cronfile for editing

crontab -e

and add an entry (here's mine)

0 10-17 * * 1-5 jrnl-reminder

This schedule is from 10am to 5pm Monday through Friday. If you need help building a cron schedule I recommend using crontab.guru