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I used to consistently journal on Day One. That period of time was arguably the most retrospective and emotionally accepting period of my life… until I stopped. Turns out, I would often return to previous days’ logs to augment, modify, and rephrase what I wrote…

This is a bad habit I noticed in myself. Because hindsight would cause me to rationalize to myself: “I don’t believe that’s how I felt 2 days ago, so let me reword it more positively.”

Coincidentally(?), I saw OP’s post on reddit a while ago, and back then I noticed something interesting about Baseline: its acknowledgement that my mood is a momentary snapshot of how I feel about that day, and how its design philosophy encourages me to be completely honest about my feelings.

Most mood journaling app allows me to go back and edit previous entries. But Baseline does not, and I think this is an underrated feature.