Journal

What it’s for

Numbers show what happened, but not why. Writing about your day helps you understand why.

Writing in a journal can feel like a big job. But answering one question is easy, and once you’ve answered one, the next one comes more easily. Glide puts the questions inside your routines, so a question is always waiting for you. You don’t need a separate journaling habit.

Your journal also keeps a record of each day, next to the numbers from your routines. When you read back over a few weeks, you can spot patterns. For example, you might see how a short night’s sleep affects the rest of your day.

Two ways to write

• Reflections: questions inside a routine that you answer while doing the routine. The question is already there, so you never start with a blank page.
• Notes: tap Add a note to write on today’s page at any time.

Each day

Each day shows your reflections and notes, the numbers you tracked, and the routine steps you did. When a day is closed, it shows how many of each there are. Use Search to show only the days that contain certain words.

Questions that work

Keep each question short. For mornings:

• What’s one thing that would make today good?
• What am I expecting to be hard today?

For evenings:

• What went well today?
• What upset me today, and why?
• What would I do differently?