I first started using tick journaling back in 1989, because that is the way the military taught us to handle our tasks. It was not called tick journaling back then. In fact we had multiple log books we found that it simplified things by making a list with times and dates tasks and the deadline with a box to check or X, and then a line for our signature since more than one person handled the log books.
As a civilian I do it on a calendar so for example today in my calendar is a page broken down into hours with my tasks that absolutely need to be done first occupying the first hours of my day and a box for me to tick when I have completed the task.