I find myself unconsciously seeing the amount of text I have written for a specific task/context as an indicator of priority.
However, I always forget that the length of my entry is always affected by outside factors like other pressing demands or exhaustion.
The length of my entries is never really the product of rational analysis.
Doing this, of course, would add an extra step — "Figure out how I want to jot it down and what code I'll be able to decipher later."

I like this approach, no codes, no shorthand. Just simple instructions that even your less intelligent 'monkey mind' can handle when it's time to stop thinking and start doing.

I'll give it a try and hope I can keep it up.