I use Obsidian as a journal but I have year-long notes. Each day is a H2 heading and each task/note is an H3 heading, with structured tags for each task/note in the same line. This way I can quickly scroll through my recent notes. Splitting them into years (7 of them already) keeps the size somewhat contained - I would happily have 1 large file if Obsidian and all the plugins I use was more efficient about scrolling through it.
To quickly navigate them I have the plugin Quiet Outline open on the right tab. To focus me I also have a single very short file called Current Priority Work open in a top left tab in Reading View with links to the currently important H3 headings.
New tasks automatically get a "#todo" tag. Currently worked-on tasks get a "#doing" tag. I also use priorities ("#priority/low") and search as such `line:(#priority/high #todo)`.
I also use more tags such as "#client/XYZ", "#systems/ABC". They help a lot to find related notes on various topics.
I used to have a separate file called "doing" that used DataviewJS to create links of all the "#doing"-tagged H3 lines but "Current Priority Work" is better for me.
To quickly navigate them I have the plugin Quiet Outline open on the right tab. To focus me I also have a single very short file called Current Priority Work open in a top left tab in Reading View with links to the currently important H3 headings.
New tasks automatically get a "#todo" tag. Currently worked-on tasks get a "#doing" tag. I also use priorities ("#priority/low") and search as such `line:(#priority/high #todo)`.
I also use more tags such as "#client/XYZ", "#systems/ABC". They help a lot to find related notes on various topics.
I used to have a separate file called "doing" that used DataviewJS to create links of all the "#doing"-tagged H3 lines but "Current Priority Work" is better for me.