It became quickly obvious that to support my Interstitial journaling at work I would need a quick entry method. That was borne out by my Initial interstitial journal observations showing 18–29 entries a day and I know I didn’t get them all.
Each entry is created on the same daily page and I use CTRL-SHIFT-I mapped to an Obsidian QuickAdd plugin capture action. New entries are added to the bottom of the list in the form - time - note
The is the configuration under QuickAdd 2.10.0
Firstly create a new Capture within QuickAdd
Capture to active file: Disabled
- I want all entries in the same file, not where I’m currently working
File path / format: Calendar/{{DATE:YYYY}}/{{DATE:YYYY-MM}}/{{DATE}}
- Specifies today’s file, e.g.,
Calendar/2026/2026-01/2026-01-30
Create file if it doesn’t exist: Enabled
- For the very first entry of the day
Create file with a given template: Enabled, and template utilities/templates/journal entry template.md
- Use the same template I’d use if I was creating a daily page
Write position: Bottom of file
- Make sure entries are in order
Link to captured file: Disabled
- Don’t need links everywhere into the journal
Task: Disabled
- Because not a task. It’s something I’ve already done.
Capture format: Enabled
- Format of the capture prompt
Preview: - {{time:HH:mm}} - {{value:Entry}}
- Prompts me for an “Entry” and automatically sets the time to now
From here it’s personal preference to open the file as a new tab and give it focus. I do because I may want to tweak what I’ve entered.
Finally, bind to whatever hotkey suits.