(a work in progress; for now, browse my macOS post archive)
Update your plain-text journal files on macOS with my Prepend Text Files with Automator & Shell Scripts. and Append Text File With Automator & Shell Scripts
I went through the trouble of not only naming a folder full of folders with top-row keyboard characters so you can see exactly how they sort, and then naming those folders so you know what key commands will produce them, but I also made it downloadable so you can just use it yourself.
Use automation utility software Hazel to create a specific folder structure with Automator.
Set up better keyboard shortcuts in the Finder for things like sorting by name, date added, date modified, etc. when using List View.
Do some pretty handy things with text via the keyboard: Advanced Text Manipulation via Custom KeyBindings in macOS
The Overthinker 