A daily journal feature

[caiv250]

What's the problem or gap?
We can write relapse reasons, but not our daily growth, and discoveries/improvements. It would be helpful for some as they can see their past progress, which makes them keep going

Describe your idea
A daily journal feature which we can read of each day which we wrote on would be a very cool addition in my opinion

Why does it fit Grove?
How does it align with Grove's focus on habit and sobriety tracking?
It helps users create a linear track of their progress levels without relapses

Alternatives you've considered
Other apps can be used to do the same, but an integrated feature in Grove would be better and much more easier to track and view history from

Additional context
None

[resurrectdev1]

Hello @caiv250,

Thanks for your interest in Grove! This could actually pair really well with Grove's upcoming update, which will let you export your habits and data in different formats for personal use.

I think the best way to implement this would be to add a new section above or below the timeline/history where you can write a short journal entry for a specific day. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this approach, or if you had something different in mind. Feel free to share any ideas you have!

Thanks!

[caiv250]

I was thinking the relapse timeline should be given priority over the journal, but only for a customizable/set period of time (like 5 days,) so the user can be reminded they had a relapse recently instead of it being buried down and potentially forgotten/ignored, and when that time period ends the journal entries get put on top again

But yes your idea is very solid too, it is your app after all. Thanks for such a cool app, its helping me a lot with my social media addiction

[resurrectdev1]

I'm glad the app has been helping you! :) So far I've added an option to add notes for check-in habits, which should take care of that. As for abstinence mode, I'm thinking of a split where you can add both a relapse reason and a small note (similar to check-in mode) since right now RelapseEvent only stores a reason, so this would mean adding a separate note field alongside it.

That said, these would still be per-event notes rather than a standalone daily entry. Would you also want to be able to write something on days with no check-in or relapse, and see all of it in a scrollable history? And I haven't forgotten your priority-window idea I just want to nail down the notes piece first.