How I made journaling a HABIT | daily journaling routine in Day One 📔

why daily journaling is effortless now: mental health benefits, improved memory, countless life moments documented. JUST TRY IT TRUST ME 🙏💛
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✨ TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 why I switched
1:54 how I built a habit
3:21 my Day One setup - journals
4:35 custom templates
5:41 my journaling routine
7:30 tagging
7:56 adding photos & videos
8:41 viewing modes
9:42 on this day
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My name is Beatrice. I blog about mindfulness and simple productivity habits for balance and happiness. I hope to inspire you to live your best life with actionable tips and inspiration. I’m so happy you’re here!
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[@Dayoneapps]

Thank you for sharing your thought about Day One, means the world to us!

[@anp3101]

you should give her a discount code for her followers :D

[@googleaccount6919]

petition to make it into a one payment app :>

[@tharun_prasath]

​@@googleaccount6919 I think, they're like a cloud service too.. saving all our photos, and data. So, they won't be able to make it a one-time payment

[@mauricioflores3732]

YALL ARE THE BEST!!!! 🙌🏻👌🏻 Such explosive journaling app, easy to understand and explosive with features. 😂

[@CarrieWalker]

I LOVED this video! I’m currently writing in my 24th journal, and I’ve alwaysss been a die hard physical journal fan. BUT wow… this video really does make online journal so enticing😅 There are so many pros and cons to both! Thanks so much for this vid🫶🏻 So informative & the editing was amazing!!

[@joymae]

I've tried digital journaling and I feel I just prefer writing it down on paper. It's cool to document my experiences digitally on video though

[@kavyakotak8368]

You don't know Beatrice, how much this video is helping me out. I always miss out on writing in my journal for even months. So tysm!!

[@Yourgirlbecca]

Day one is also great for keeping up with kiddo memories! I use this for my daughter’s baby book and decided to journal and print a book for every year of her life. It’s quick and easy. I love the multi-journal feature so I can have one for her and one for me. I appreciate you sharing! I learned some new things, like the search for peoples names is genius!

[@Kozette88]

Wow, I do that as well. I also do a weekly relationship journal that I customized a template for. I honestly think that keeps us out of marriage counseling LOL

[@AnnaLenkovska]

Being able to look back through your old journal entries by searching up certain words/names is GOLD 🥹 truly obsessed with how your organise everything, I’m 2 minutes in and already downloading the app

[@elmiathewriter]

I agree, already downloaded by 3:01 lol

[@the_fynethyme]

Love both of these channels!

[@elmiathewriter]

@@the_fynethyme Same!!!

[@renalbac]

One of your older videos where you briefly mention using Day One as your daily journal got me to download the app last summer when I was going through a writing slump and honestly just didn't have the energy or motivation to write physically, but so many things were happening that I *did* want to document...so here I am, over 6 months and a premium Day One membership later (what I pay for a one-year membership I would've previously spent on a notebook, pens, inks, etc., so it's worth it to me), and I foresee continuing with this app into the future! Thanks for this video, I had been waiting for a more in-depth view into your journal.

[@lorodz]

Thank you. I don’t know why but I have tears on my eyes. Thanks so much.

[@mireyadelpozo2021]

Hi! I really enjoyed watching your Day One KZbin video Beatrice. I have been a big fan of your KZbin channel and I’ve been following you on Instagram since 2020. Thank you for sharing about your journaling experience on Day One Journal. I downloaded Day One on my phone since 2020 and I downloaded it on my iPad since 2022. I also keep a paper journal, it’s a blue bear journal that was a Christmas present my mom bought me last year and I also write in my Day One Journal and DailyBean app. I write in my paper journal everyday and I use my Day One Journal and DailyBean app on Friday’s and Saturday’s, so during the weekend. Have a great rest of your day/night Beatrice! Take care! 👋😊📲💻

[@GordonMillner]

Thanks Beatrice for this video ... and all your others too, always enjoy watching them. I've used Day One for a while now, but you've just given me some extra ideas on how I could use it even more, not just the daily entry. I like the idea of a photo diary, weekly/monthly review and also creating a journal section for doing a brain dump when necessary. I already have a paper-based Inspirational Quotes notebook, I think I'll transfer that into Day One too. Would be easier to search through when I need some inspiration or to pull something out for social media :-). Thanks again

[@darrenwolfe7101]

Thank you so much for this video. I just downloaded Day One and getting started on journaling now. This was the first video that popped up and you were super helpful! Thanks.

[@jenznwachukwu4275]

I absolutely enjoyed your video and the positive energy you exude. Thank you 😊

[@bellabrieeee]

I just found your channel and I love it so much! Your energy and vibes are top tier. Love the tips as well!!

[@ashikurrahmanmehedi1773]

Great job! That was such a cute presentation, and your delivery was sweet.

[@valeriadzhodzheva9552]

You’ve really have put lots of time and work into making this video - thank you for that! Awesome editing and your enthusiasm is contagious. I love how passionate you are about journaling. I don’t currently journal but I’m very sentimental person and love to look back at my photos and videos. My boyfriend made me watch your video 😄 and said I should start journaling. So after watching im motivated to try for a week. Thanks a bunch for the great video - you rock! P.S. Cold showers 🚿- 👏👏👏

[@emilio9425]

I’ve also been using this app for years and love it!!

[@zYuL05]

I use journey journal since 2016 or sth. I love it too. Hope these journals won't disappear and we won't lose everything.

[@manavnayyar]

The reason journaling on a physical notebook is better because it slows your thoughts down and also reduces the chance of you editing what you wrote because there is no backspace. So your thoughts become more refined. That's why people recommend physical journals. I have always used a digital journal (notion) personally because of reasons that Beatrice pointed out. Hope this helps someone. :)

[@StepUpyt]

Oh my god your house is sooo cosy in the mild light and you're talking so humbly too!

[@andreawright8237]

This was an amazing video! I’ve decided to shift to Day One versus paper and your video gave me so many ideas! I’ve saved this video so I can watch it a few times to keep me motivated. Thank you!

[@TheBlissBean]

Yayyy that's so exciting, I really hope you like it! today's video might help as well hehe ;)

[@mirainoivuyo984]

Thank you for sharing your system. Very inspiring and I hope Day One is paying you...! For me, I've started "digital journaling" with GoodNotes modifying my iPad and Apple Pencil to feel more like writing on paper. (Paperlike screen protector and Very Fine 3rd party pencil tip) Goodnotes has some search capability with my handwriting, but it's not perfect but still pretty impressive. My problem is finding the time, motivation and discipline to make entries. Your video inspires me to keep my eyes on the prize of having a log of memories for me to look back on... 😃

[@deloreschambers5152]

I’ve been using DayOne for years but totally enjoyed your video - I learned a lot.

[@TheBlissBean]

so glad!! thanks for watching💛

[@JessicaGerald81]

Thank you for this wonderful and informative video!!

[@valentinaresendiz655]

I think that the journaling it's a good habit, because we can understand some of our thoughts and feelings. And we can let off steam when we don't have someone to tell our feelins.

[@syedsaadqainhaider2456]

Great to see you again bean ❤️❤️❤️. I wanna do Journaling but habit making is so hard for me :p

[@williamnovak9524]

Thanks for this! I just signed up for Day One Premium and was going thru KZbin vids looking for instruction on all its feature and your video was great. Love your energy. I look forward to checking out the rest of your videos. Thanks!

[@TheBlissBean]

Thank you for your kind words! I hope you enjoy using Day One :)

[@buketikevgeny]

Wonderful video, as always 🙏🏻

[@Carpface]

I’m excited to try this!! 🙂 the only time I’ve consistently journaled is when my life is on fire so I’m looking forward to giving the ordinary memories a more important space in my life 😊

[@TheBlissBean]

I'm kind of the opposite!! For a long time I would skip journaling when I was traveling or anything exciting was happening so I ONLY had the mundane entries 😅 but I think both are important so I'm glad that I've now been able to stick to it consistently and have allll the memories documented hahaha

[@rafaelvaldez96]

Ya la descargue, la voy aprobar a ver qué tal está, gracias ☺️

[@samgreen7293]

i like your video this was helpful!

[@try._]

OUTSIDE OF THIS TOPIC,, SHE'S SO STUNNING AF 😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@MintaCreativeArts]

great video, great energy keep it up

[@chattySam00]

Thank you! I'm restarting using dayone again. :)

[@TheBlissBean]

yayy lmk how it goes for you!

[@maragathamani8157]

Came for learning Day One.. Stayed for the beautiful you.. Have to rewatch one more time..

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Hi good morning happy Saturday morning and happy weekend and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter and I'm proud of you

[@aetinyzen]

i'm definitely getting this app, i record everything too just so i can look back at it in the future

[@TheBlissBean]

I love it so much! Hope you find it helpful!

[@galore777]

Tagging menstrual cycle day is clever! I'm gonna try this. I already track my period, but it seems more interesting

[@TheBlissBean]

yes, you definitely notice some patterns and it just makes me more understanding of when I feel lower-energy and such

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Cool!✌️

[@ShadowSun922]

Hey friend, tell me about this app heard it’s pretty cool! Said about checking it out in May still do so. Currently have a journal that I keep on a file. This is super inspiring! Thanks for this video.

[@MattBettanin]

Thanks a lot for sharing! Can I ask what is the name of the app you use for time tracking? The one that shows up around 6:29. :)

[@ritchiee1980]

Thanks a lot for the video! You inspired me to keep up journaling. It's been quite challenging to be consistent with it lately. There were some days where I just did not know what to write about. I think that has discouraged me a bit. Now I am ready to go back on track! I will be using a different tool for this but I guess what matters is to get it done. So wish me luck with that. 😀Quick question: Do you go over your notes from time to time? If so, do you do it weekly, monthly or yearly? Sometimes I am tempted to go over my past notes, but I am just too lazy to process them. (Probably, that is another reason why I don't write much, because deep inside I know I will have to process these long entries) so I was wondering if you have a tip that I can use to make it more useful. Thanks a bunch and keep up with the good work!

[@eggy337]

I perfer digital journaling as well. In the past people have gone through my journals, I've even lost some... which still bugs me to this day. Also I like to take raw pictures alot, and instead of printing them out and gluing them into my journal, I can just copy and paste it directly. No hassle.

[@TheBlissBean]

Yes, I love how safe the digital journal feels! and i'm a huge photo taker too so i add a ton of them to my entries

[@caterinaleone9692]

What's the benefit to using Day One over Notion? Also, your weekly review video and template has made my life so much better, thanks for all you do ❤️

[@JOHN-NIKOLA]

so nice video really 😍😍😍

[@oniXtacie]

I use Daylio app and got really used to journaling thanks to it. But really appreciated your video, it gave me a ton of new ideas for journaling which I never thought of before (map, reviews, search...)! Considering trying out Day One, just wish I could transfer my Daylio entries if needed.

[@DJgkjh42365]

Hi, which app is better for free version?

[@oniXtacie]

@@DJgkjh42365Daylio has a free version, it could be enough. And now Apple has added Journaling app with the latest iOS update, it’s worth trying as well

[@devarni]

It would have been very nice if you had created a demo journal and shown there directly how you work with Day One. The template would certainly also be interesting, because many people probably have problems finding a start with it. I had to look very closely and press stop to get an idea of what your weekly template looks like ;)

[@DH-sj6kg]

I really enjoyed your video. I feel exactly the way you do about using digital compared to the way I used to write things. The difference being. You articulate in a much more interesting way than me 😁 The one thing that I would mention in addition to everything you already said, it is to make sure you back up your digital journal. And, check it at least one time however you see fit to make sure the backup works good. I go beyond the backup too, I actually export my entries every month to HTML which includes my attachments except for PDF files. That way if the developer goes out of business, the app crashes forever, or some other issue, I at least have everything in a HTML file. Also, you mentioned typing is faster than writing, which is true, but, voice typing is faster than typing. I'm sure my reply will be long, and I'm actually voice typing as I'm jogging which would not be possible to make a comment like this while jogging without voice typing. Anyhow great job have a great day.

[@thefulcrum]

That's a really mature backup process which I don't often see. Well done :)

[@thefulcrum]

Also, amazing that your voice typing picked you up so well. While jogging too! What a time to be alive.

[@TheBlissBean]

That is a great idea!! You know, I think I might add that as a monthly planning task, just in case. You never know! And that's amazing that you typed it with your voice hahaha, I think I could find that feature useful, I've just hardly ever used it so I'm always unsure if it'll actually work 😅 but it seemed to work quite well!

[@DH-sj6kg]

I'm glad you got a chance to try it out. I make at least 8 journal entries per day, even in crowds, and they can not really hear what I'm saying, But I want to record the event at the time of the event or thought. I love accurate timestamps of what, when, how, etc. When I speak slowly and right into the bottom mic, there is a %95+ accuracy rate, and any corrections I have to make, I can make with one hand and in a jiffy (that means fast) for you youngsters (: When the fam is sleeping or when I can't speak, I use slide typing, which is SLOW in comparison to voice typing. I have also have a fifteen minute per day practice, of voice typing my old hand-written journals into my digital journal. It is mind blowing how many days worth of old journal entries that i can get done in 15 minutes (I've tried numerous OCR programs with poor results). Enjoyed your video and plan on looking back at your old vids to see what, if any, other digital journals you tried and what you thought of them. I've tried SO MANY until settling on one@@TheBlissBean

[@InkDiaries]

Do you print your journals through the Day one printing service? Or do you keep your journals solely on Day One?

[@tszkichow6455]

Can you share some of the journals to us ? I would like to have some ideas how reflection on my life

[@sooniecantalk]

Very sweet

[@Haloumakh97]

❤❤❤

[@snippetsofpam184]

How did you create the templates? How did you log into your Day One account from your laptop? I can’t seem to do that and I want to create templates as well. If anyone knows how please help!

[@candiceseretin7230]

Can you provide a link to your templates as I would love to use them too?

[@Fevah5]

What’s the app you’re using at 5:52?

[@Madelong0063]

I purchased pro , but while in the website it still says beta. Who can help me or tell me why?

[@fattushyy]

Hi! This video just made me download Day One and I guess I’ll be paying for premium. Just a quick question, does it automatically capture metadata if I opened the app and journaled while being offline?

[@RoannaFernandes]

📚 💫

[@spencerusvi]

What is the time tracking app that you use?

[@godslovejoseph4274]

I feel journalling resonates more with introverts cause they enjoy their own company alot and talking to themselves. I'm an introvert and I want to know if this is true or false from an extrovert

[@Ninademol33xx]

a question, is it a good idea to write about my feelings? its because i have like negative voices in my head and i dont know how to get rid of it...

[@DerrickMims]

I have been a paper journaler all my life off and on, but I’ve never been very consistent about it. I tried Day One a few months ago and found that I really liked the ease by of pulling it up on my phone and dictating an entry - almost like one of those captain's logs on Star Trek. It makes things really easy, and I can note anytime I have something I want to say. Would I be potentially more effective in being slow and thoughtful with a pen and paper? Perhaps. But I don’t think I would be as consistent.

[@TheBlissBean]

I love the idea of the captain's log 🤣 I was planning out a video recently, and was inspired by the video logs in the movie The Martian, haha

[@DerrickMims]

I really need to get around to seeing The Martian, especially after seeing how good Matt Damon is in Oppenheimer.@@TheBlissBean

[@sabrycarb26]

I’m kinda torn. I can definitely see the pros to journaling with Day One but I’m also a paper gal at heart and that’s something I’m not willing to part with. I would still like to use Day One along with my paper journal but I also don’t want to be journaling the same thing twice - does that make sense? And if I use Day One for weekly or monthly reviews for example, knowing me I’d also like that in my physical journal. Does anyone have any suggestions for this conundrum?

[@ivankaivanova5561]

I am the same! Honestly, when you love to journal on paper, digital journaling just won't motivate you. So, my suggestion is - continue writing on paper, but also document your day with photos in a separate photo album on your phone. This way you can do what you love, but also illustrate your memories better.

[@Yourgirlbecca]

If you like apps like GoodNotes, I have journaled there so I get the handwritten “paper” feel and then exported that page to day one. Or you can take a photo of your journaled page and add it to day one along with all the other photos of your day you want to add :D

[@breaayanna7234]

What if you used…….. Physical journaling: in dept journal entries about your day, feelings, etc. Day one: use specific prompts similar to the ones suggested in the video like daily goals, things you’re grateful for & include a photo that represents that day

[@Angelo-fh7hw]

What are your thoughts on Apple Journal?

[@annmmasa7714]

I love your beautiful green eyes 😊

[@Krenni98]

Is this for Windows too?, because i want to Journaling on the computer and not on the mobile phone. I want to use it more for Computer.

[@getlowpapoose]

I wish apps would stop using the subscription model 😔 miss being able to just pay for things one off

[@thefulcrum]

Hi there, did you manage to find a good alternative?

[@rayaan.X]

Just watching the video second time cause before I was just looking at u talking and my brain was stuck 😂 , it processed nothing and when the video end I was like 🥴 , just joking but you are really very beautiful ❤️

[@Broski_Moski]

What is that timer she used at 5:52???

[@TheBlissBean]

It's the timer built into the Productive Habits app :)

[@erenikorllos9747]

So, can you share those templates?

[@thefulcrum]

Hi Ereni, did you end up getting the templates?

[@thefulcrum]

If not, I might have an alternative for you.

[@erenikorllos9747]

@@thefulcrum what is it?

[@tom1644x]

😀 📖 🖋

[@leviandrenuet5878]

I love Day One but I hope the new Journal app from Apple can compete so I don't have to spend more money.

[@getlowpapoose]

What is the apple one called?

[@leviandrenuet5878]

@@getlowpapoose It's just called Journal. It's not out yet though, unless you have on beta iOS

[@getlowpapoose]

@@leviandrenuet5878 lol I’m so silly, thank you!

[@tharun_prasath]

You look like Billie Eilish!

[@anttif.]

are you tracking every single minute of your life? 😮

[@Hangrier]

Billie Eilish, is that you?

[@TheBlissBean]

I get this a lot 😅

[@tharun_prasath]

​@@TheBlissBean😂