[elektikaka]

I had written a rather lengthy response but then was running out of my office and accidentally deleted it. I think that you are doing a wonderful practice and I hope that it never becomes something that's formulaic and ritualistic rather than fresh and joyful. Being aware of unskillful actions is something to be joyful about (that was the subject matter of my response, actually). Recording the times you break precepts makes you more aware of what your mind is up to and should have the effect of reducing the time between breaking and awareness of breaking (because you're being more vigilant) to....eventually...zero...that is to say, you see yourself starting to engage in the conduct and through joyful effort born of aspiration to keep the precepts, you are able to stop it.

I agree that the precepts should be practiced with joyful delight.

The precepts I have taken up result in a state of "naked" present moment awareness open to joyful compassion. I imagine this is the goal of the practice and the mind of Bodhisattva. If the practice is to perfect the precepts so that one never violates them, then what we are trying to cultivate with the precepts is the mind of the Bodhisattva.

This is indeed a reason for joyful practice.