Morning check-in
Date: How I feel right now (one word): One thing I am looking forward to: One thing that might be hard today: My single priority: One kind thing I will do for myself:
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Templates for
every kind of day.
Twelve gentle layouts you can paste straight into a new entry. Use them as written, or delete everything that does not fit. A template is a handrail, not a rulebook.
Evening wind-down
What happened today (one line): What gave me energy: What took it away: Something I am grateful for, with a detail: What I want to remember: Letting go of:
The three-line entry
What happened: How it felt: What I want to remember:
Weekly review
The week in one sentence: Three wins, however small: Three things that were harder than expected: Who I spent time with, and how it felt: What I learned: One change for next week:
Keep, release, begin
KEEP (things worth continuing): - - RELEASE (things to set down): - - BEGIN (one small thing to start): -
Gratitude with detail
Three good things from today, each with one specific detail only I would know: 1. 2. 3. The person who made today easier, and how I could thank them:
Decision log
The decision I am facing: Options as I see them: What I am afraid of in each: What I would choose if nobody would ever know: What a person I admire would say: My decision, and when I will revisit it:
Letter to my future self
Dear me, a year from now, Right now, my life looks like: What I am worried about: What I am hoping for: What I want you to remember: One question for you: With love,
Feelings inventory
Where I feel it in my body: The feeling, as precisely as I can name it: What I think set it off: What it might be trying to tell me: One gentle thing I can do now:
Worry dump
Everything on my mind, unedited: Which of these can I act on this week? The first tiny step for one of them: Which of these am I only able to carry for now?
Idea catcher
The idea in one sentence: Why it excites me: What it needs next: Who or what could help: The smallest next step:
Dream log
Date and how I woke up feeling: What I remember (images, people, places): The strongest feeling in the dream: What it reminds me of from waking life:
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How to use them
Three small rules.
Answer in fragments
Short phrases are fine. A template works best when it takes two minutes, not twenty.
Skip what does not fit
Leaving a line blank is a perfectly good answer. Delete it next time.
Rotate them
Try a different template each week and notice which one you looked forward to.
Make your own
Once you find a layout you like, paste it into a draft and reuse it every day.