Journaling for Buddhist laypeople I've been working on creating a (digital) diary application for Buddhist laypeople and would like to ask this community for ideas about what can be written about in a journal like this which would be valuable for improving well-being and spiritual growth

Here some ideas that I've gathered so far (not written in stone, including here just to show the general idea that i have):


Meditation journal --- type of meditation (metta, anapanasati, etc), hindrances during meditation
Daily practice journal (mindful walking to and from the parking lot, etc)
Gratitude journal
Successes --- maybe in the areas of faith, virtue (five precepts), generosity, wisdom


I've done some research by reading books about early Buddhism and practices for laypeople (for example "The Buddha's Teachings on Prosperity" and "The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony") but am having a hard time "translating" the information that I've gathered into something that would fit well inside a diary application

Grateful for help with this!

Kind Regards, Tord
With the intention of increasing Sati some monks advise to recall daily events. Maintaining a Journal or Diary will help towards this. The number, clarity and detail of what you recall is not so perfect proxy to your Sathi practice. Also it increases memory to study and remember the Dhamma.

Also there is a concept of Pin Potha, which is a journal of all good deeds done. This can include all the categories which you mention and more. Also maybe elements of study.