Great answers - thank you!
I was having something like you describe it in mind, sisyphus - not only a diary, but also a base to think about things, plan ahead and analyse the proceedings.

Maybe even just write something from time to time - gather snippets.
I also like the idea of measuring subjective or objective parameters - maybe even make scales and a colourful graphs!
Cool idea!

My motivation does not lie in LD in the first place - rather I want more insight into my waking life - and clear insight, which I can revisit.
Memory does play lots of tricks - for example - I thought, I hadnīt had a lucid moment for quite more than a week - felt rather like two - but upon revisiting - it was exactly 7 days.
This project now - I chalk up under positive side-effects of LDing, by the way.
Not sure yet, if it will be one overall book for all these aspects - and with the DJ/LD stuff, which is private included.
Maybe Iīll write in different colours, which I love doing anyway.

I am convinced, that this does heighten awareness in general - and also prospective memory - since upon something happening/showing up in my mind - I keep it in mind in order to put it down later.

For a while I have been following the "Getting Things Done" method by Alan Carr.
Which actually is - among other things - meant as alleviation for prospective memory urges.

What is left, is something extremely practical: Filing cabinets with always having tons of empty folders and lots of space left - there go all my official paperworks - but also plans, ideas, projects.

And the cool thing is - the system is so, that you feel free to write down one word for one folder (slim ones - not hanging - they take away too much space).
So you have your idea out of the way of other stuff, you need your mind for.
But you know, you will find and access it in seconds - to later maybe brainstorm on the same paper or develop something from it.

What I let slip - unfortunately - is the habit of the reviewing/developing/going about plan-accomplishing in a methodical way - the actual method.
But I love my residual system.



One thing nags me with journalling in general - the "how to".

I am much faster typing (10 fingers) than writing - but I feel more connection to what I write out per hand - also can remember it much better..
But I am too lazy to hand write a private DJ - I usually do not type it out on pc either, after listening to my dictation - rather posting something here.
For a project, where I had to write a lot - I got myself a good micro and installed a good word-recognition software - and ended up typing it anyway..
I wasnīt interested enough to train it on me and learn how to properly use it all.
Wouldnīt work for my DJ mumblings, though..

Hm, hm - equipment/material/tools are in general important for me - everything I can make into a toy, I like playing with - that will work.

How do you guys and gals journal?