Interesting. I use my personal journal instead of the five-year journal. Sometimes I only write a paragraph but other times I write pages. I started doing it more consistently a'la morning pages but I don't really borrow anything from that practice.
For everything I either use my Notes app on my phone or it goes directly in my bullet journal. I could do better at getting all those 'squirrel' thoughts out of my head but I am doing better.
I like seeing what other people do!