Feature Request: Daily Stream / Append View for Multi-Entry Journaling
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Hi Day One team, apologies if this is a duplicated request.
I love using Day One (I’m at 10K+ entries, over the last 5 years!) and rely on it throughout the day for multiple short check-ins. There’s one feature that would significantly improve my workflow: A “Daily Stream” or “Append View” mode.
This would let me create a new entry while also seeing the previous entries for that same day on the same screen. Essentially, a chronological, continuous view where each check-in becomes a new section or block, without having to switch between entries or break the writing flow. I’ve done this intuitively by having a single entry for my day where I type a timestamp before each shorter check-in, but that doesn’t feel quite right, since Day One automatically appends timestamp/metadata per entry. But when I create a new entry for each check in, the screen I type on is blank, and doesn’t show me my past context – I start typing in a big white box. So it’s imperfect, but I’ll manually type in timestamps along a single entry, for now…
What I’d like is a basically a view where my prior entries (for a given day, say), show up as if they’re bubbles in a chat log. Then I can hit Cmd+N and append my new thoughts/process/checkin – easy peasy.Why this matters
- Many people journal multiple times per day in small bursts.
- Creating a brand-new entry for each check-in feels visually fragmented and makes the timeline harder to scan.
- Appending to one big entry isn’t ideal either, because Day One is clearly optimized for discrete entries.
- A “daily log” view would combine the strengths of Day One’s structured model with the fluidity of a continuous writing workflow.
What this could look like
- A special writing mode that automatically shows all prior entries for the day below (or above) the current writing area.
- Each appended segment could still be stored as its own entry under the hood for metadata, search, and export.
- Or: treat each check-in as a sub-entry within a single “Day” document.
This would make Day One feel like a natural home for people who journal throughout the day in various size bits (e.g., “I think through typing”) as part of their workflow, and want a sense of narrative continuity.
Thanks for considering: this would be a dream feature!
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This could also look like sub-entries within a main Journal entry. The main entry could be titled something like “Today’s Work Log”, and then I could add sub-entries easily within the data structure Day One provides, which flow from top to bottom within the same main entry in the UI.
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