- I will place a completed journal page in the next post that I dedicate to the Daily Journal, since there has been a great deal of interest in this particular topic.

- I created the pdf file by scanning some lined paper from my previous planner pages, and then edited it with the information you see at the top and bottom of the page, including the column headings. I simply print copies of the pdf to use in my portfolio, though my pages have some additional identifiers that I will explain in the coming post.

- The folder I use has a spring clip on one side to hold my active journal pages and a flap on the left side to store additional journal pages and business cards. I’ll provide a picture in the coming article.

- If the meeting notes in the journal apply to a project for which I maintain a physical folder, when I return to my office, I make a copy of that page, draw a diagonal line through any unrelated material on that page and place it in the project folder. I always leave my journal pages in tact for later reference.

- I maintain only the current and past week’s journal pages in the portfolio for reference. As I remove a week’s pages, they are placed in a three ring binder in chronological order with tabs for each month. That way, I can go back to the pages if needed. I have all journal pages stored this way, one notebook per year, back to 2002.

Keep an eye out for a post that will most likely appear by this weekend with more detailed coverage of the Daily Journal. Again, thanks for reading and contributing to http://johnkendrickonline.com

Thanks for the great post. My greatest take back was maintaining of the journal. I always wanted to do it, but didn’t clearly see how till I saw the step by step process in your post. I have a few questions/requests, would be grateful if they can be looked in to:

- John, you’ve shown a sample of a blank page of your journal, could we also see a page or two of how your completed journal page looks like? (If it’s nothing too private).

- John, did you buy a journal from the market that fits the sample page you had shown or do you take printouts of the pdf page and use a file folder of some sort. If you use a file-folder, what type is it?

- Suppose there are some meeting notes in your journal which you would like to file as reference. Do you tear out those pages and file it away, in your GTD filing system?

- Are All previous journal entries retained in your journal, or as each day/week passes you purge your journal to have a blank slate?

sorry for the several questions. Thanks for your help!
Arif

Ps. I think it was Peter Drucker who said that one of the most productive things you can do, is to keep a log of where you spend your time and then see where it’s being spent. Thank you for spelling out a system how that can be done. Much appreciated!