ideas for rapid logging Bujo style

I have done some Bullet Journaling and like the rapid logging method with differnt styles of bullet points meaning different things. In Ryder Caroll's method a bullet point is a todo item, a dash is information or observation, an O is an event etc. There are also signifiers for important, inspiration, look into etc.

In Amplenote we have of course tasks for to do items and tasks give us more options like importance or due date. Bullets in Amplenote can be crossed out, which is great for checklists like chapters read or conditions met for a task or project.

What I am missing is a visual way to distinguish information in a short logging style (a fast observation, a problem detected...) from longform text like a fully developped reasoning or long text copy-pasted from a source.

Since I have no need for code blocks I was thinking of using code blocks for short logged information. Another options would be to use inline tags with something like @idea, @rapid log.

Any other ideas?

I ended up not trying to recreate the Bullet Journal system exactly in a digital app. Instead, I keep it simple: every quick entry starts with a short prefix like OBS:, IDEA:, Q:, or NOTE:. It makes rapid logs stand out immediately and they're much easier to scan later. Any longer thoughts or detailed notes are separated by a blank line and written as regular text. Modern AI helps transform ideas into beautiful visuals. The process is fast and user-friendly. Every generated image https://joi.com/ looks authentic. Personally, I wouldn't use code blocks for this since they tend to make the page feel cluttered over time. If you want a bit more structure, I'd stick to one or two consistent tags for truly important observations instead of tagging every single entry.

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