Speaking for myself, there is something very affirming about just being able to type stuff into the game. In a playthrough of PoE, I typed my character backstory into the ingame journal. It didn't effect the game at all, but seeing it there on the screen did have a weirdly satisfying psychological impact that typing it into a regular word doc or leaving it purely in my head wouldn't have done.
I'm the same. And, I would also looooove to have a journal in the game (my suggestion wasn't that popular though 😿 sniff). Just you mentioning that was a thing in PoE made me interested in the game 😄
About the suggestion previously made, I fully support the idea to choose a deity (or none!) for all classes. It adds to the RP aspect (maybe even immersion to some). I get it.