Diarly

Remember more of your life, with less effort.
A beautiful, private journal built for the long run.

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Your journal now helps you notice more.

New Insights shows changes in your moods, tags, and daily activity over time, all in one private view.

Your entries stay private. Insights happen on your device.

Available now in Diarly.

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Your journal is allowed to contain unfinished thoughts, contradictions, overreactions, and feelings you changed your mind about the next morning. It’s there to capture what being human actually felt like.

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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius
Pay attention to the way you speak to yourself when nobody else is listening.

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The scariest part of journaling is realizing how honest you become once nobody else is reading.

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You don’t have to write every day.
But every once in a while, it’s worth asking yourself:
“What have I been feeling that I still haven’t admitted out loud?”

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You are not your first reaction. Write it down. Wait. Read it back. Sometimes the second thought is the truer one.

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Some thoughts feel overwhelming in your head, but become manageable once written down. Maybe it’s worth putting one of them on the page today.

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Some days you don’t need a full entry. Just a small structure that helps you catch what’s real before it slips into a story.

1. What stayed with me today ___
2. What felt heavier than it should ___
3. What I might understand differently tomorrow ___

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@allygill Thank you for the bug report - it's indeed not possible but we will restore this functionality!

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@allygill Can you please check if you have the "show metadata" turned on - Diarly > Settings > Timeline. New Version saves the Activities as metadata and displays theme outside of the text area.

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@allygill Thank you for the bug report!

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Do you stop writing when it gets uncomfortable, or exactly then start being honest? That line often decides the value of the entry.

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Diarly 3.5.0 for macOS is live. The old Mac version wasn’t quite there after iPhone, so we rebuilt it. Today and All views are now on Mac, with a simpler sidebar and a more natural flow.

Check it out on the App Store: https://t.co/JlJjHOdeMQ

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Mood tracking is valuable because it shows you not just how you feel, but what keeps shaping those feelings. Maybe it’s time to start noticing yours.

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Reread your last few entries and finish the sentence “Lately, my life has been about ___.”

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Years from now you won’t remember the exact day you wrote something. But you’ll remember someone’s name, the city you were in, or a moment that changed something in you. Tags help you find your way back to it.

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Love doesn’t have to be loud to be real. Sometimes it’s just someone remembering your coffee order. Happy Valentine’s Day. 💕

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Sometimes I open my journal with nothing dramatic in mind, just to mark the quiet version of the day before memory starts editing it.

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Slow the moment down:
• What was said or done, plain and simple.
• What I decided it meant about me or them.
• Other explanations that make me uneasy.

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Add a photo, then describe only what the photo hides. Context, tension, the part outside the frame.