Some new code + GA

app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php

@@ -264,4 +264,12 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
         return [$from, $to];
     }
 
-}
+    /**
+     * Get users first transaction journal
+     *
+     * @return TransactionJournal
+     */
+    public function first()
+    {
+        return Auth::user()->transactionjournals()->orderBy('date', 'ASC')->first(['transaction_journals.*']);
+    }}

app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepositoryInterface.php

@@ -44,4 +44,10 @@ interface JournalRepositoryInterface
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function update(TransactionJournal $journal, array $data);
+
+    /**
+     * Get users first transaction journal
+     * @return TransactionJournal
+     */
+    public function first();
 }