How do daily notes and calendar workflows work in Oyma?

The Power of Daily Interstitial Journaling

Daily notes serve as the central scratchpad for modern knowledge work: capturing quick phone call logs, tracking tasks completed throughout the day, recording morning reflections, and logging spontaneous ideas before they evaporate.

Oyma provides dedicated daily note workflows designed for instantaneous access.

Instant Shortcut: ⌘D

No matter where you are in the application, pressing ⌘D:

1. Checks if today’s note already exists in your vault’s designated daily notes folder.
2. If it exists, opens the note and positions your cursor ready for writing.
3. If it does not exist, creates the file immediately using your designated daily note template.

Customizable Folder Structure and Date Formats

In Preferences > Daily Notes, you can customize how notes are structured on disk:

Daily Notes Path: Daily Notes/YYYY/MM
Date Format: YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2026-10-09.md)

This configuration produces a clean, chronologically organized directory structure on your Mac:

Daily Notes/
└── 2026/
    └── 10/
        ├── 2026-10-07.md
        ├── 2026-10-08.md
        └── 2026-10-09.md

Calendar Widget Integration

The sidebar features a native mini-calendar widget:

• Days with existing notes display subtle indicator dots.
• Clicking any calendar date opens that day’s log, allowing you to review historical work logs and meeting summaries with a single click.
• Use ⌥[ and ⌥] to jump backward and forward through previous daily logs chronologically.

Daily notes act as an effortless anchor for your daily productivity, linking out to meetings, projects, and personal tasks seamlessly.

Interstitial Journaling and Daily Log Workflows

Daily notes serve as an indispensable productivity anchor:

• Instant Shortcut (⌘D): Opens today’s date-stamped note immediately, creating it from your chosen template if it doesn’t already exist.
• Chronological Folder Organization: Automatically organizes daily notes into structured year/month folder hierarchies on disk.
• Mini-Calendar Sidebar: View calendar days with indicator dots showing which dates contain journal entries.
• Log Linking: Link daily notes to active project documents and meeting transcripts using standard wikilinks.

Frictionless Interstitial Logging and Review

Press ⌘D at any moment to jump directly into today’s scratchpad. Daily notes link effortlessly to project docs and meeting transcripts, keeping your daily accomplishments structured and easily reviewable.

The sidebar mini-calendar gives you a visual timeline of your work over the past month, allowing you to quickly retrace what was accomplished on any specific date with a single click.

Daily Note Workflow Summary

• Global Shortcut: Press ⌘D to open or create today’s date-stamped log instantly.
• Custom Formatting: Configure chronological folder paths (e.g., Daily Notes/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md).
• Calendar Widget: Mini-calendar sidebar displays indicator dots for dates with existing notes.
• Templates: New daily notes populate automatically with your preferred journal template.