I can relate to your entry. I am new to drawing at age 70. Who knew that we'd still be learning about ourselves at our age?!!! I agree about liking Liz's format. Perhaps you and I will head in that direction too...
1. I often see birds visiting in my yard and always take many photos in an effort to ID who is visiting. After having taken the Drawn to Birds in the fall of 2020 an interest was sparked in me to learn to draw some of the birds that I observe. I also like to observe insects and perennial plants in my small city yard. I thought that attempting to record in a nature journal would be a very interesting project to capture memories of nature encounters in my own yard.
2. I definitely want to record the date, time, and weather as I believe this will help bring back the memory of when a sketch was made when I decide to go back to revisit my journal days, weeks, months or years later. I loved Shayna Muller's "zoom" technique to show a close-up of an area. I'll keep this in mind.