What is the difference between a meditation journal and a regular journal?

A meditation journal is designed specifically to track meditation practice with structured data: session duration, time of day, technique used, focus quality, mood before/after. It captures context automatically or through prompts for pattern recognition over time. A regular journal is open-ended for processing emotions, life events, and thoughts without specific structure. Meditation journals optimize for practice improvement through data; regular journals optimize for emotional processing and self-discovery through freeform writing.