Migrating post type to new type journal

[enkr1]

I have been managing my journals by simply using hexo new ... commands to create posts, but I realized that my blog page is getting cluttered with these entries. To clean things up, I’ve decided to split my journals into a new page or section.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Custom Scaffold for Journals: I’ve set up a custom scaffold journal.md to structure my journal entries with predefined tags, categories, and comments, which looks like this:

   ---
   title: "Journal: Week {{ week }}"
   date: {{ date }}
   tags:
     - journal
   categories:
     - "About Me"
     - "Journals"
     - {{ date | date('YYYY') }}
   comments: false
   ---

2. Creating a Separate Directory:
   I’ve created a source/_journals folder and tried to configure my _config.yml to manage these entries separately:

   journals_dir: source/_journals

3. Bash Automation:
   I’ve written a simple Bash script that automates journal creation with a custom filename (jYYMMDD.md format) and injects the right content dynamically, including the journal title, date, and headers.

   Script sample:

   # Get the current date in the format yymmdd
   DATE=$(date +%y%m%d)
   FILENAME="source/_journals/j$DATE.md"
   # Create journal and insert the scaffold template

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Question:
Is there a better or more official way to handle journal creation with specific titles, headers, and categories in Hexo? My goal is to quickly generate a journal entry with the right structure in a separate folder, without cluttering my main blog posts. I would love to know if anyone has a more efficient way to manage this process through Hexo commands or an alternative approach to my bash solution.

Thanks in advance!