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Prologue — Why Journaling Returned to the Mainstream in 2026

Many people started keeping diaries when the pandemic began in 2020. Six years later, that habit didn't fade — it evolved. The WHO reported a 25 % surge in depression and anxiety cases within the first pandemic year, and the curve has not bent back down by 2026.

Three big things happened in parallel.

- **Apple Journal app launch** — bundled with iOS 17.2 in December 2023, expanded to iPadOS 18 and macOS 15 Sequoia in 2024.

- **GPT-4o / Claude going mainstream** — users routinely paste their journal entries into LLMs and ask "reflect on this."

- **Day One acquired by Automattic** — July 2021. Bloom Built joined the WordPress.com / Tumblr / WooCommerce family.

Journaling is no longer just paper notebooks or plain text files. AI now reads diaries, asks follow-up questions, compares today against the same day a year ago, and visualises mood trends. This guide threads the 40-plus tools that drove that shift into a single narrative.

One-line summary.

- **Serious journalers** — Day One (Automattic), Journey, Diarium are the standard.

- **Apple-ecosystem default** — Apple Journal app (iOS 17.2+), free and local-first.

- **AI coaching journals** — Rosebud, Mello, Otto, Mindsera with GPT/Claude reflection.

- **Mood-first** — Daylio, Reflectly, Stoic, Moodnotes.

- **CBT/DBT integrated** — Sanvello (formerly Pacifica), MindShift CBT, Awarefy.

- **Korea** — 5분일기, mumu, Dialog, Haru Gamjeong, Maeum Ilgi, KakaoHealthcare.

- **Japan** — muute, Awarefy, ジャーナリー (Journaly), ライフベア (Lifebear), 日記帳ノート.

1. Why People Journal — Pennebaker's Expressive Writing Research

The claim that journaling helps mental health isn't marketing — it's forty years of accumulated research. The starting point: psychologist James W. Pennebaker at the University of Texas at Austin.

- **1986 first RCT** — for four days, fifteen to twenty minutes each, one group wrote about their most traumatic experience while another wrote about mundane events. The expressive-writing group made significantly fewer doctor visits six months later.

- **Immune function** — a 1988 follow-up found improved lymphocyte responsiveness.

- **Resilience** — Pennebaker hypothesised that converting feelings into language aids cognitive integration after trauma, breakup, or job loss.

His core insight is simple: "Translating emotion into language is itself therapeutic." Neuroscience offers partial support — fMRI shows reduced amygdala activity and increased prefrontal activity when people label their feelings (Lieberman et al., 2007, "Putting Feelings Into Words").

AI journal apps in 2026 are digital descendants of this research. With one key difference. Pennebaker's original protocol said "write and never reread." AI apps read your entries and respond. Whether that helps integration or fuels rumination is an unresolved 2026 question.

2. Day One — The Flagship of Automattic's Journal Family

**Day One** (dayoneapp.com) is a journaling app that Paul Mayne released in 2011 on macOS and iOS. Parent company Bloom Built was acquired by Automattic — owner of WordPress.com, Tumblr, and WooCommerce — in July 2021.

- **Platforms** — macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, Android, Web.

- **Sync** — Day One Sync with optional end-to-end encryption.

- **Publish** — Day One Publish ties into WordPress so an entry can become a public blog post.

- **Multi-journal** — separate journals for personal, travel, parenting, food.

- **Print** — service to bind a year of entries into a hardcover book.

Day One is more than a note app. It auto-attaches location, weather, step count, heart rate, and the song that was playing. The "On This Day" feature surfaces entries from the same date in prior years, producing time-travel reflection.

Post-Automattic changes.

- WordPress infrastructure strengthened backup and sync reliability.

- Day One Premium pricing stabilised around USD 35 per year.

- AI features arrived cautiously — "Reflections" auto-summaries remain opt-in beta in 2026.

For serious journalers, Day One is still the default. The free Apple Journal app did siphon off some new-user growth, however.

3. Apple Journal App — iOS 17.2's Free Disruption

**Apple Journal** (shipped with iOS 17.2 in December 2023) shook the market overnight.

- **Release timeline** — iOS 17.2 (2023-12-11), iPadOS 18 (Fall 2024), macOS 15 Sequoia (Fall 2024).

- **Journaling Suggestions API** — an OS-level service that analyses location, photos, music, workouts, and contacts to suggest "this moment is worth journaling."

- **Free** — syncs via iCloud, no subscription.

- **Apple Intelligence integration** (2024+) — on-device models do mood analysis and prompt generation.

- **Mental State logging** (Health app, iOS 17.2) — daily mood plus instantaneous emotion captured separately, linked to the journal app.

The upsides are obvious: free, OS-integrated, local-first (works offline), and Apple Intelligence keeps inference on-device. The downside is platform lock-in — only iPhone owners qualify, with no Android or Web client.

Day One and Journey reportedly saw a one-quarter dip in new sign-ups after the launch. Serious journalers eventually drifted back to paid apps for multi-journal, book printing, and publishing features, but the entry-level segment did move to Apple.

4. Journey, Diarium, Penzu — The Cross-Platform Trio

Outside the Apple ecosystem, three apps dominate.

- **Journey** (journey.cloud) — launched 2012 from Singapore. Covers Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web. Started on Google Drive sync and now offers Journey Cloud.

- **Diarium** (timopartl.com/diarium) — built by Timo Partl (Czech solo developer). Released in 2014 as a Windows-first journal, later extended to UWP, iOS, Android, and macOS.

- **Penzu** (penzu.com) — launched 2008, web-first. "Digital locked diary" branding. Lost mobile share over time but remains active in the student and teen segment.

Journey wins on cross-platform — Day One is Apple-first, Journey is truly multi-OS. AI Coach features arrived in 2023.

Diarium is nearly the only serious option for Windows 11 users. It supports voice journals, Fitbit and Apple Health integration, and a "Day in Life" mode that logs from birth onwards.

Penzu has a generous free tier but its UX feels stuck in the early 2010s.

5. Five Minute Journal — The Gratitude Framework Standard

**The Five Minute Journal** (fiveminutejournal.com) is a paper journal from Intelligent Change (Canada). The book debuted in 2013, the mobile app in 2017.

The framework completes in five minutes via six questions.

- **Morning three** — three things I'm grateful for, three things that will make today great, daily affirmation.

- **Evening three** — three amazing things that happened today, how could I have made today better.

The framework is so common that dozens of copycats exist: Korea's 5분일기 (a separate app), multiple Japanese clones, and "gratitude prompt" modules inside Day One, Stoic, and Reflectly.

Academic support comes from Sonja Lyubomirsky (UC Riverside). Writing weekly gratitude lists for six weeks led to significantly higher happiness and optimism scores (Emmons & McCullough, 2003).

6. Rosebud — When AI Reflection Asks About Your Journal

**Rosebud** (rosebud.app) is an AI-first journal app launched in 2022, co-founded by Sean Dadashi and Jenny Shao.

- **AI coaching** — GPT-4o-based. The app reads what you write and asks follow-up questions.

- **"What's on your mind?"** — starts from a question, not a blank page.

- **Pattern recognition** — at the one-month and three-month mark, the app surfaces recurring themes.

- **Voice input** — Whisper transcribes spoken entries.

- **Pricing** — Premium around USD 12.99 per month.

Rosebud's differentiator is that journal entry itself is conversational. Day One is a writing tool, Rosebud is a dialogue tool. For some users that triggers deeper reflection. For others it feels invasive.

On privacy, Rosebud sends user data to OpenAI for processing (disclosed in the terms of service). Sending journal entries — which may contain medical information — to a cloud LLM warrants careful evaluation.

7. Mello, Otto, Mindsera — Three Takes on AI Coaching Journals

**Mello** (mello.ai) launched in 2024 as a voice-first AI reflection coach. The CEO keeps a public-facing low profile (per press coverage). Each session is five to ten minutes of spoken conversation, iOS-first. The voice mode reportedly originated with former Replika staff.

**Otto** (otto.app) positions itself as an "AI life coach" — closer to coaching than journaling. Goal setting, weekly review, and habit tracking get bundled into GPT-driven conversation. iOS, Android, and Web.

**Mindsera** (mindsera.com) launched in 2023. Users select an AI mentor persona — a Stoic philosopher, Carl Jung, Carnegie — and the app reflects with that character's voice. Pricing sits around USD 99 per year.

All three share "AI responds to your diary." The tones differ — Mello as a friendly coach, Otto as a life coach, Mindsera as a philosopher.

Clinical evidence is thin. As of May 2026, none has cleared a randomised controlled trial; marketing leans on expert testimonials.

8. Stoic — Classical Stoic Philosophy Prompts

**Stoic** (getstoic.com) is a Stoic-philosophy journal app released in 2018 by Maciej Lobodzinski (Poland).

- **Daily prompts** — different questions in the morning and evening, paired with quotes from Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, or Seneca.

- **Mood tracking** — five-point scale with emotion tags.

- **Meditation module** — guided meditation alongside the journal.

- **Breathing exercises** — 4-7-8 breathing, box breathing.

Stoic's appeal is content. "Accept what you cannot control and focus on what you can" is rephrased in fresh language every day.

Premium at around USD 50 per year unlocks the quote library and deeper reflection modules. AI coaching is auxiliary; the core remains human-curated content.

The app is especially popular with students and young adults, sitting between the self-help and mental wellness markets.

9. Reflectly — Gratitude Meets Mood Tracking

**Reflectly** (reflectly.app) is a Danish-born journal app from 2017. An AI mascot (a blue cartoon friend) asks daily questions.

- **Mood-first** — pick a mood before writing; prompts then adjust.

- **Gratitude journal** — a Five Minute Journal variant.

- **Instagram-style UI** — bold colours and illustration, very Gen Z friendly.

Reflectly was once a top-10 download but has lost share to Day One, Rosebud, and Apple Journal in the mid-2020s.

Premium runs around USD 60 per year. The UX is strong but limited data export draws criticism.

10. Daylio — Micro-Journal Plus Mood Tracking

**Daylio** (daylio.net) is a mood tracker by a Czech developer. You don't have to write a single word. Each day you log a five-point mood plus activity tags.

- **No blank-page pressure** — just tap today's mood.

- **Activity tags** — exercise, meals, social, work, custom.

- **Correlation analytics** — "your mood is on average 0.7 points higher on days you exercised."

- **Free with ads** — Premium runs about USD 25 per year.

Daylio's strength is the low entry barrier. Writing a journal can feel like a chore; tapping one emoji is something anyone can sustain. Once data accumulates, the app becomes a powerful self-awareness tool.

Clinical settings sometimes use Daylio as an adjunct for ADHD, depression, or bipolar patients tracking their patterns.

11. Moodnotes, MoodKit, eMoods — The CBT Mood-App Lineage

CBT-flavoured mood apps that lean into journaling.

- **Moodnotes** (moodnotes.app) — released 2015 by Thriveport with UI by Ueno design studio. Acquired by Hims & Hers Health in March 2022. Cognitive-distortion identification is the core feature.

- **MoodKit** (thriveport.com) — from the same team. Suggests two hundred-plus activities tuned to current mood; recommended as an adjunct by US clinical psychologists.

- **eMoods** (emoodtracker.com) — for bipolar patients. Tracks depression, mania, sleep, and medications separately, with PDF export for the clinician.

- **MoodMission** (moodmission.com) — Australian RCT-validated CBT app. Issues mood-targeted "missions."

This category enjoys relatively strong evidence. Moodnotes underwent a Bristol University RCT, and MoodMission was validated at Australian Catholic University. Effect sizes still trail SSRI medication.

12. Bearable — Chronic Illness Meets Mood

**Bearable** (bearable.app) targets chronic-illness patients. It's closer to data than to diary.

- **Multi-variable tracking** — mood, pain, sleep, medications, meals, exercise, symptoms.

- **Correlation analytics** — "headache days averaged 1.2 hours less sleep."

- **Clinician sharing** — PDF chart export.

It spread by word of mouth in Crohn's, migraine, fibromyalgia, and ME/CFS communities. A subset of NHS practices reportedly recommend it informally.

Premium runs about USD 40 per year. The chronic-illness-plus-mental-health intersection is a defensible niche.

13. Sanvello, MindShift, CBT-i Coach — CBT Full-Stack Apps

Apps where journaling is a feature, not the whole product, while delivering a full CBT or DBT programme.

- **Sanvello** (sanvello.com) — launched as Pacifica in 2014, rebranded to Sanvello in 2018, acquired by Pluto Inc. in 2020 (later renamed back to Pacifica). Was part of UnitedHealth Group's Optum for a stretch. Bundles CBT, mindfulness, meditation, and journaling.

- **MindShift CBT** (anxietycanada.com/mindshift-cbt) — free app from non-profit Anxiety Canada. Aimed at teen and young-adult anxiety self-management.

- **CBT-i Coach** — free US Department of Veterans Affairs app. Digitises the CBT-I insomnia protocol.

- **What's Up?** — free CBT app for depression and anxiety.

This category has the most RCT evidence. CBT-i Coach has internal VA validation, and MindShift CBT publishes its own outcome data.

14. Pi by Inflection, Replika, Character.AI — Where "AI Friends" Blur Into Journaling

AI companion apps are not journaling apps strictly speaking. Users still treat them like one. (For the deep dive on this category, see the companion post on AI Mental Health Tools 2026.)

- **Pi by Inflection AI** (pi.ai) — co-founded by Mustafa Suleyman, who now leads Microsoft AI. Most Inflection core staff joined Microsoft in March 2024. Pi continues under Inflection AI Solutions.

- **Replika** (replika.com) — Eugenia Kuyda launched it in 2017. Friend and partner simulation. The abrupt EROS mode shutdown in February 2023 triggered a user backlash.

- **Character.AI** (character.ai) — Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas. Google partly acquired the team in August 2024. A teen-suicide lawsuit landed in 2024.

These apps drift increasingly close to journaling territory. Users vent about the day, chatbots listen and respond. Clinical safety nets are weak, and Character.AI is under FTC scrutiny for minor-protection failures.

Serious journalers tend to be sceptical. A journal is a conversation with the self, not a relationship with an AI.

15. Calm, Headspace, Insight Timer — Meditation Apps Add Journal Modules

Meditation apps have absorbed journaling features since the mid-2020s.

- **Calm** (calm.com) — added a "Daily Reflections" module between 2024 and 2025. Guided meditation plus a short evening journal.

- **Headspace** (headspace.com) — introduced the Ebb AI coach in 2024 (see the companion deep dive).

- **Insight Timer** (insighttimer.com) — more free content than the other two. Brief reflection prompts after meditation.

- **Balance** (balanceapp.com) — Elevate Labs, launched 2020. A one-year-free promotion drove huge installs. Guided meditation with mood tracking.

Journaling is the side dish here, not the main course. Still, meditation-plus-journal is a natural pairing for many users.

16. Korean Journaling Apps — From 5분일기 to KakaoHealthcare

Korea hosts both global and homegrown apps. Local apps win on Korean NLP, cultural register, and tight Kakao or Naver integration.

- **5분일기** — daily five-minute gratitude journal. Korea's Five Minute Journal. Free with ads. Over a million new users.

- **mumu** — emotion tracker. Five-point scale plus rich emotion tags. Strong illustration style.

- **Dialog (다이어로그)** — conversational journal. An AI friend character asks daily questions.

- **Haru Gamjeong (하루감정)** — emotion diary. Mood plus short text.

- **Maeum Ilgi (마음일기)** — emotion-first journal app.

- **Tikkle Diary** — student-oriented. Gratitude entries, school life, friendships.

- **Harumoa (하루모아)** — student journal with daily-routine tracking.

- **KakaoHealthcare 마음챙김** — Kakao's mental wellness app combining meditation and journaling.

- **Mindcafe (마인드카페)** — anonymous community plus counsellor matching. Journaling is a side feature.

Korean users tend to fear social exposure, so anonymity and local storage matter a lot. Cloud sync, the default abroad, is a turn-off for a sizable Korean cohort.

Korean college depression self-management and corporate burnout recovery scenarios frequently recommend 5분일기, mumu, and Dialog.

17. Japanese Journaling Apps — muute, Awarefy, Journaly

Japan has a strong diary culture — paper Hobonichi-style techo all the way to digital. A huge market.

- **muute (ミュート)** — launched 2020. Emotion journal. AI analyses patterns and writes a weekly review. Very clean design.

- **Awarefy** — launched 2020. CBT-based digital mental wellness. Journal plus cognitive restructuring plus meditation.

- **Journaly (ジャーナリー)** — Japan-launched journal app, separate from the global Journey.

- **Lifebear (ライフベア)** — diary plus calendar plus to-do, the Japanese daily planner format.

- **熊野古道日記** — niche literary journal community. Japanese literary tradition meets digital.

- **Nikki-cho Note (日記帳ノート)** — simple diary, ad-free and free.

- **Sleep Cycle Journal** — Sleep Cycle (Swedish) tightened its Japanese journal integration.

Japanese users obsess over longevity — can I still use this app in five or ten years? That makes them prefer established players over risky startups.

Awarefy earned trust through CBT grounding and Japanese clinical-psychologist advisors, and is being adopted by Japanese corporate EAP (employee assistance) programmes.

18. Voice and Video Journaling — From Voice Notes to Otter

For anyone who hates typing.

- **Otter Voice Notes** (otter.ai) — covers meetings and journals (see the companion deep dive on AI meeting notes 2026).

- **Voice Notes (Apple)** — the iOS default. Plain recording.

- **Mello voice mode** — five-to-ten-minute spoken conversation.

- **Replika audio mode** — voice-call format.

- **Day One audio note** — attach a voice clip to a journal entry.

- **Granola Note** (granola.ai) — meeting-notes-first but also used for personal review.

Voice journaling's advantage is the low entry barrier — you can journal while driving or walking. The downsides are search difficulty and the unrealistic prospect of replaying a year's audio. Whisper-grade STT partly solves the latter.

19. Local-First Journaling — Logseq, Obsidian, Bear, Roam

The PKM-as-journal stream.

- **Logseq** (logseq.com) — open-source. Daily Journal is the core feature; every note begins with a date.

- **Obsidian** (obsidian.md) — Daily Notes plugin. Markdown plus local storage.

- **Bear** (bear.app) — Apple-only simple notes. People run a journaling tag.

- **Roam Research** (roam.research) — Conor White-Sullivan, 2019. The original Daily Notes app.

The appeal: your data, your disk. Markdown files survive even if the company folds. Downside: mobile UX lags.

Serious digital journalers split into two patterns. (a) Use a dedicated app like Day One and occasionally export text. (b) Daily notes in Obsidian or Logseq, plus a separate mobile app. Both are reasonable.

20. Apple Watch and Fitbit — Connecting Biometrics to the Journal

Wearables are converging with journals.

- **Apple Watch + Mental State logging** — since iOS 17.2 you can log a mood from the Watch in a single tap.

- **HRV and stress** — Garmin, Whoop, and Oura track HRV. Day One and Diarium auto-import this data.

- **Sleep and mood correlation** — Daylio and Bearable compute this automatically.

- **Fitbit Sense** — measures stress with an EDA sensor.

The point is to pair biometrics with subjective mood. "I slept six hours yesterday and feel low today" becomes a pattern the user discovers personally.

Data overload is real, though. Tracking mood, sleep, HRV, steps, and heart rate at once tends to crowd out the actual journaling. Some users deliberately disable metrics and stay text-only.

21. Journal-Data Privacy — What 23andMe Taught Us

The 2024 23andMe data breach was a wake-up call for digital journalers. Genetic information for fifteen million people leaked, and the company later filed for bankruptcy. Journal data is more sensitive than genetic data.

- **Day One** — offers E2EE. Preserved after the Automattic acquisition.

- **Apple Journal** — local-first plus iCloud sync, with E2EE when Advanced Data Protection is on.

- **Rosebud, Mello** — send user data to OpenAI for LLM processing, disclosed in the ToS.

- **Reflectly, Daylio** — server-side storage with no E2EE.

Mozilla's "Privacy Not Included" annually rates mental wellness apps. The 2023 report flagged Better Help, Talkspace, Calm, and Headspace among others for data sale, ad tracking, or vague policies.

Journal data isn't ordinary text. Depression entries, suicidal ideation, relationship conflict, work grievances, sexual orientation — all are information that can resurface in insurance, employment, or litigation contexts. E2EE or local storage is effectively a baseline.

22. Does AI Reflection Fuel Rumination?

Is journaling always beneficial? No.

- **Rumination** — the loop of repeating negative thoughts. A core depression symptom.

- **Expressive writing and rumination** — Pennebaker himself warned in late-1990s follow-ups that "integrative writing helps, ruminative writing hurts."

- **Does AI coaching fan the flames?** — if Rosebud or Mello keeps re-asking the same theme, users may become more entrenched in it.

Clinical psychologists are split. Some see AI journals as a useful adjunct. Others believe they actively harm people with genuine depression or anxiety.

There is no settled answer in May 2026. Safer guidelines look like this.

- **Mild stress and daily reflection** — AI journaling can help.

- **Severe depression or suicidal ideation** — AI journals alone are risky. Pair with professional care.

- **Trauma** — sticking to Pennebaker's original protocol (write once, never reread) may be the safest choice.

23. May 2026 Buyer's Guide — Who Should Pick What

Recommendations by situation.

- **Apple ecosystem plus free** — Apple Journal. Perfect starting point.

- **Serious long-term journaler** — Day One. The five- and ten-year vintage of data is the moat.

- **Windows user** — Diarium or Journey.

- **Cross-platform** — Journey.

- **Gratitude journal entry point** — Five Minute Journal app or the paper book.

- **AI reflection coaching** — Rosebud (text) or Mello (voice).

- **Stoic philosophy enthusiast** — the Stoic app.

- **CBT self-management** — Sanvello or MindShift CBT.

- **Mood tracking first** — Daylio or Bearable.

- **Meditation plus journaling** — Calm or Headspace plus Day One.

- **Local-first and self-owned** — Logseq or Obsidian.

- **Korean homegrown** — 5분일기, mumu, Dialog.

- **Japanese homegrown** — muute, Awarefy.

Cardinal rule: don't keep switching tools. Whether you can still use this app in five years is the single most important criterion.

24. Conclusion — Journaling Is a Habit, Not a Tool

Forty-plus apps surveyed, but the real point isn't tools. Journaling is the habit of meeting yourself for five minutes a day.

Pennebaker's 1986 work showed that the act of writing itself was effective, not any specific app. Apple Journal's free tier may suffice. Day One Premium may be required. A paper notebook may fit best.

AI journal apps are tempting but carry two risks.

- **Data privacy** — diaries are among the most personal data. E2EE or local storage should be the default.

- **Amplified rumination** — if the AI keeps asking the same question, users can lock themselves into a negative thought loop.

The safest starting move: try Apple Journal or Day One for a month. Five minutes daily, the single most striking thing from that day. Once the habit sticks, layer on something deeper like Stoic or Rosebud. If it doesn't take, returning to a paper notebook is perfectly fine.

The purpose of journaling is meeting a better version of yourself — not collecting a better app.

References

- Day One — [https://dayoneapp.com](https://dayoneapp.com)

- Automattic Day One acquisition (2021) — [https://automattic.com/2021/07/27/welcome-day-one/](https://automattic.com/2021/07/27/welcome-day-one/)

- Apple Journal app — [https://support.apple.com/guide/journal/welcome/ios](https://support.apple.com/guide/journal/welcome/ios)

- Journey — [https://journey.cloud](https://journey.cloud)

- Diarium — [https://timopartl.com/diarium](https://timopartl.com/diarium)

- Penzu — [https://penzu.com](https://penzu.com)

- Five Minute Journal — [https://www.fiveminutejournal.com](https://www.fiveminutejournal.com)

- Rosebud — [https://rosebud.app](https://rosebud.app)

- Mello — [https://mello.ai](https://mello.ai)

- Otto — [https://otto.app](https://otto.app)

- Mindsera — [https://mindsera.com](https://mindsera.com)

- Stoic — [https://getstoic.com](https://getstoic.com)

- Reflectly — [https://reflectly.app](https://reflectly.app)

- Daylio — [https://daylio.net](https://daylio.net)

- Moodnotes — [https://moodnotes.app](https://moodnotes.app)

- MoodMission — [https://moodmission.com](https://moodmission.com)

- Bearable — [https://bearable.app](https://bearable.app)

- Sanvello — [https://sanvello.com](https://sanvello.com)

- MindShift CBT — [https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt](https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt)

- Insight Timer — [https://insighttimer.com](https://insighttimer.com)

- Balance — [https://balanceapp.com](https://balanceapp.com)

- Awarefy (Japan) — [https://www.awarefy.com](https://www.awarefy.com)

- muute (Japan) — [https://muute.jp](https://muute.jp)

- Pennebaker, J.W. (1997). Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process — [https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00403.x](https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00403.x)

- Emmons & McCullough (2003). Counting blessings — [https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/EmmonsMcCullough.pdf](https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/EmmonsMcCullough.pdf)

- Mozilla Privacy Not Included — [https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/](https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/)

- WHO Mental Health Report 2022 — [https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338](https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338)

- Logseq Daily Journal — [https://logseq.com](https://logseq.com)

- Obsidian Daily Notes — [https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Daily+notes](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Daily+notes)