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 !scripts
 !scripts/*
 !scripts/*/*
+!scripts/**
 !.gitignore
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diff --git a/scripts/utils/py/journals.py b/scripts/utils/py/journals.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+
+TIME_REGEX=re.compile(r"= .* =")
+TOPIC_REGEX=re.compile(r"===[=]* .* ===[=]*")
+TASK_REGEX=re.compile(r"==== .* ====")
+TASK_DONE_REGEX=re.compile(r".*(DUE:\s*DONE).*")
+
+JOURNAL_PATH = Path.home() / "Journal"
+
+def get_journals() -> list[Path]:
+    journals = { journal.name:journal for journal in JOURNAL_PATH.glob("20??-??-??.wiki") }
+    journal_names = sorted(journals)
+    return journals
+    
+def get_journal() -> Path:
+    journals = get_journals()
+    for name in sorted(journals):
+        yield journals[name]
+
+def get_tasks(file:Path) -> list[str]:
+    with file.open('r') as openFile:
+        tasks = TASK_REGEX.findall(openFile.read())
+    return tasks
+
+def get_task_lists(file:Path) -> tuple[list,list]:
+    todo = list()
+    done = list()
+
+    for task in get_tasks(file):
+        if TASK_DONE_REGEX.match(task):
+            done.append(task)
+        else:
+            todo.append(task)
+    return todo, done
+
+def get_all_tasks() -> dict[Path:list[str]]:
+    file_tasks = { file:get_tasks(file) for file in get_journal() }
+    return file_tasks
+
+