my/journal spacemacs layer (trimmed down)

funcs.el

(setq journal-directory "~/Documents/Journal/")

(defun my/journal-path (time name)
  (concat (file-name-as-directory journal-directory) (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" time) "-" name ".org")
  )
(defun my/journal (title)
  "Open the journal file for today"
  (interactive)
  (find-file (my/journal-path nil title)))

(spacemacs/declare-prefix "o" "user prefix")
(spacemacs/set-leader-keys "oj" 'my/journal)