I riffed on bullet journaling to create a habits tracker. My template is just a big grid; tasks along the left side, calendar along the top. This allows me to see at a glance how I'm doing. (Riffing on Seinfeld's "don't break the chain".)

Some of the tasks reference other sections of my bullet journaling, like to do items, time logs, journaling, and daily praise.

I tried using a bunch of different apps on my phone. Square peg, round hole. And toting around a physical journal is a helpful nudge to stick with the program.

YMMV.

A markdown file on my phone synchronized with syncthing to my desktop and laptop has been pretty seamless and doesn't require me to carry anything additional to my normal items.

How do you synchronize it? And how do you feel about the ergonomics of markdown editing on the phone?

I personally use markdown pretty exclusively for my notes, but I do find myself needing to open up my laptop for that. If I'm not around one, I'll jot something down either on paper or on my phone, but I still need to manually copy it over to my git-backed markdown on laptop. I'd love to avoid that manual step if possible.

Syncthing (https://syncthing.net/) is how I synchronize, which works fine since I'm the only editor. Currently I use Markor (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gsantner.m...) which is pretty minimalist markdown editing.

I use syncthing to sync many (probably too many) files. I use a shared directory structure between my desktop and laptop and then use my phone as a middleman since I never have my desktop and laptop on at the same time so I need a third device to sync with. It works REALLY well and I rarely have to ever think about it.

I use GitJournal, and it's been super nice - I just wrote a post on that system: https://www.bbkane.com/blog/how-i-take-notes/

It's kinda rambling, but scroll down to the middle for the list of apps I've settled kni

I tried git journal. And while it worked for fleshing out ideas for blog postings. Or stuff I at least spend 60 seconds typing. I agree.

But noting done some small idea/to do while I am talking to a client is still quicker on paper in my notebook that always lies open next to me.

Obsidian’s mobile app has a quick command toolbar above the keyboard for the typical markdown markups, like bold, list, checkboxes, etc. You also can pull down on the screen and access the command pallet for other options.