How to use msslmemo
msslmemo is a bullet-journal-inspired log you type into. Everything is plain text plus a handful of symbols — log fast, review daily, migrate what still matters.
1 · Rapid logging
Type into the entry box using shorthand. The first characters decide what kind of entry it is:
. buy milk
- •buy milk
o dentist 3pm
- ○dentist 3pm
- idea for the garden
- —idea for the garden
. * pay taxes
- •*pay taxes
- ! gift idea for Sam
- —!gift idea for Sam
No symbol? It's a task. * marks priority, ! marks inspiration —
put them right after the bullet.
2 · A task's life
Every task carries one of five states. Hover an entry to see its action buttons.
✓Migration is the heart of the method: when a task lingers, decide — do it, move it
(> button, pick a date), or strike it. Moving a task keeps the original as a marker
and creates a fresh open copy on the target day.
3 · The four core views
Daily Log /day
Your running stream for one day — tasks, events, notes as they happen. Open tasks from earlier days surface at the top of today for review.
Monthly Log /month
A vertical calendar of the month's events beside the month's task list. Click any date to jump to that Daily Log.
Future Log /future
Everything dated beyond this month, grouped by month. Long-term plans, trips, deadlines — park them here until their month arrives.
Index /index
Auto-generated table of contents: every month you've logged plus all your collections, one click away.
4 · Collections
Undated lists that live outside the calendar — Books to Read, Project: Kitchen, Gift Ideas. Create one under Collections, then log into it with the same shorthand. Collections appear in your Index automatically.
5 · Brain Dump
Not everything fits a bullet. When something's on your mind and you just need it out — a half-formed idea, meeting notes, a paragraph you don't want to lose — throw it in the Brain Dump. No symbols, no structure, as long as you like.
Every dump is stamped with when you created it and when you last touched it, shows up as a preview card you can click to read or edit, and is fully searchable. Sort by created or updated to resurface old thinking.
Rule of thumb: actionable → rapid-log it. Everything else → dump it.
6 · A daily rhythm
- Morning — open Today. Review anything carried over: do, migrate, or strike.
- All day — rapid-log as things happen. Don't organize, just capture.
- Evening — mark what's done. Unfinished tasks will greet you tomorrow.
- Month's end — sweep the Monthly Log; migrate what still matters, strike what doesn't.
The friction is the feature: re-writing (re-migrating) a task each time forces the question — is this actually worth doing?
Plans · Free vs Pro
Free
The complete core method:
- Daily Log with rapid logging
- Monthly Log — calendar + tasks
- Future Log
- Index
- Task migration & signifiers
Pro
Everything in Free, plus the power tools:
- Collections — unlimited custom lists
- Brain Dump — long-form capture with full history
- Search — across every entry and dump
During early access, every account gets full Pro access free.