# Project: Confacts #proj/confacts --- ## Summary Want to remember the important things people tell me. Like a journal? --- ## Thoughts This project originally started as an exercise in figuring out how to remember the important people in my life. I struggle with memory for small things, and would like to get a handle of it. In order to do this, for the past year I've been using Obsidian with its linking as a journal. Example: - Today I hung out with my friend [[Frederick]] at [[Slainte]] and watched the fireworks at [[The Pier]]. Obsidian is a general purpose "second brain" tool. As such, the work of linking out important information is a little tedious. I typically link out any media, or just record when I've hung out with a person. But it's very overly logical/practical. It's a little annoying. A journal should capture the emotions and joys. Writing it should be beautiful maybe. A record of the day is fine, but what about photos, or other rich media? One value of this approach of journaling is I get to reminisce on multiple threads. If I have visted a particular person, or place, I can go through my history and see my interactions with it. I can see my associations with it. Who did I visit that spot with? What photos do I have of that spot? A good system would take the benefits of a markdown/linked system, but make it an incredibly easy experience to write. Links and rich media automatically added. --- ## Tasks - [ ] Look up prior work - other journal applications and complaints ```dataview TASK from #proj/confacts where !completed and contains(tags, "proj/confacts") group by link(file.name) sort due asc ```