All this to say it's a very flexible system and lends itself well to keeping notes.
There's a simplified version available here, with two shortcuts `M-x new-day` to create a new (templated) entry, and `M-x today` to jump to today's entry:
https://github.com/skx/org-worklog
What I use is a little more complex than that, but this might be a good starting point for the curious.