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Gratitude · Reflection · Free

Three lines a day, and eighteen weeks of them on one page.

A daily gratitude practice: note what you are thankful for, link it to a person, goal, or life area, and keep a streak.

  • Today’s page, numberedThe page opens on “1.” and asks “What are you grateful for today?”. Return saves the line and the next number asks “And another?”, until three lines fill the day.
  • A streak that waits for youA run of days stays alive through today while today is still blank. Write tonight and it carries on. Miss the whole day and it starts again tomorrow.
  • Who keeps turning upLink a line to a person, a goal or a life area. The people you link most sit under “WHO SHOWS UP”, a tap from their page.
HourLife Gratitude: A 30-day logging rhythm with a 6-day current streak, and “WHO SHOWS UP” listing Maya Chen and Mom.
A 30-day logging rhythm with a 6-day current streak, and “WHO SHOWS UP” listing Maya Chen and Mom.

Your first three lines

  1. Write on today's page

    Open Gratitude and type into the line marked "1.", under "Today". Press Return and it is saved, and the pen moves to "2.". Gratitude is free.

  2. Fill the three numbers

    Three lines make a full day, and today's square in the grid above darkens with each one. Write a fourth if you have it; the page asks "Anything else?".

  3. Link the ones about someone

    For a line about a person, a goal or a life area, tap "+" instead. "New Gratitude" has "Person", "Goal" and "Life Area" under "LINK TO (OPTIONAL)", and an "Attributed date" for a day you missed.

Every step, in detail
  1. 1 Open Gratitude and type into the line marked "1." under "Today", then press Return.
  2. 2 Keep going. The pen moves to "2." and "3.", and three lines fill the day's square in the grid.
  3. 3 For a line about someone or something, tap "+" and pick "Person", "Goal", or "Life Area" under "LINK TO (OPTIONAL)".
  4. 4 Come back tomorrow. "Day streak" at the top counts the days in a row with at least one line.
HourLife Gratitude: Before the first line, an empty eighteen-week grid and today's page waiting at 1., 2., 3.
Before the first line, an empty eighteen-week grid and today's page waiting at 1., 2., 3.

Three lines a day

The Gratitude page opens on your practice: the streak, the longest run and the days kept, over eighteen weeks of squares. Under it is today’s page, numbered to three. Each line you write darkens today’s square, and three fill it.

Sample · Jun 22 to Tuesday, Oct 20, at 20:30, nothing written yet today · try it

Or type your own on today’s page. Nothing you type leaves this page.

Gratitude

What you’re thankful for.

9Day streak
12Longest
74Days kept
Eighteen weeks of sample gratitude, Monday Jun 22 to Tuesday Oct 20: 74 days with at least one line and 47 without. 36 days with one line, 23 with two, 15 with three or more. Today is still blank. Jul Aug Sep Oct M W F Mon Jun 22: 3 lines Tue Jun 23: no lines Wed Jun 24: 1 line Thu Jun 25: 1 line Fri Jun 26: no lines Sat Jun 27: 2 lines Sun Jun 28: no lines Mon Jun 29: no lines Tue Jun 30: no lines Wed Jul 1: 3 lines Thu Jul 2: 2 lines Fri Jul 3: 3 lines Sat Jul 4: no lines Sun Jul 5: no lines Mon Jul 6: 3 lines Tue Jul 7: 1 line Wed Jul 8: no lines Thu Jul 9: no lines Fri Jul 10: 1 line Sat Jul 11: 2 lines Sun Jul 12: no lines Mon Jul 13: 1 line Tue Jul 14: 1 line Wed Jul 15: no lines Thu Jul 16: no lines Fri Jul 17: 1 line Sat Jul 18: no lines Sun Jul 19: no lines Mon Jul 20: no lines Tue Jul 21: 2 lines Wed Jul 22: no lines Thu Jul 23: 2 lines Fri Jul 24: no lines Sat Jul 25: no lines Sun Jul 26: 2 lines Mon Jul 27: no lines Tue Jul 28: 1 line Wed Jul 29: no lines Thu Jul 30: 4 lines Fri Jul 31: no lines Sat Aug 1: 1 line Sun Aug 2: no lines Mon Aug 3: 1 line Tue Aug 4: 3 lines Wed Aug 5: 1 line Thu Aug 6: 1 line Fri Aug 7: 1 line Sat Aug 8: 1 line Sun Aug 9: 1 line Mon Aug 10: 1 line Tue Aug 11: 1 line Wed Aug 12: 1 line Thu Aug 13: 2 lines Fri Aug 14: 2 lines Sat Aug 15: no lines Sun Aug 16: no lines Mon Aug 17: 1 line Tue Aug 18: no lines Wed Aug 19: 2 lines Thu Aug 20: no lines Fri Aug 21: 1 line Sat Aug 22: no lines Sun Aug 23: no lines Mon Aug 24: 1 line Tue Aug 25: 3 lines Wed Aug 26: 2 lines Thu Aug 27: 2 lines Fri Aug 28: no lines Sat Aug 29: 1 line Sun Aug 30: 1 line Mon Aug 31: 1 line Tue Sep 1: 1 line Wed Sep 2: no lines Thu Sep 3: 1 line Fri Sep 4: no lines Sat Sep 5: 2 lines Sun Sep 6: no lines Mon Sep 7: no lines Tue Sep 8: 1 line Wed Sep 9: no lines Thu Sep 10: no lines Fri Sep 11: 2 lines Sat Sep 12: 3 lines Sun Sep 13: 1 line Mon Sep 14: no lines Tue Sep 15: 4 lines Wed Sep 16: 3 lines Thu Sep 17: no lines Fri Sep 18: 1 line Sat Sep 19: 2 lines Sun Sep 20: no lines Mon Sep 21: 2 lines Tue Sep 22: 3 lines Wed Sep 23: no lines Thu Sep 24: 2 lines Fri Sep 25: 2 lines Sat Sep 26: 1 line Sun Sep 27: no lines Mon Sep 28: no lines Tue Sep 29: 1 line Wed Sep 30: 3 lines Thu Oct 1: no lines Fri Oct 2: 2 lines Sat Oct 3: no lines Sun Oct 4: no lines Mon Oct 5: 2 lines Tue Oct 6: 2 lines Wed Oct 7: no lines Thu Oct 8: 2 lines Fri Oct 9: 1 line Sat Oct 10: no lines Sun Oct 11: 4 lines Mon Oct 12: 4 lines Tue Oct 13: 1 line Wed Oct 14: 1 line Thu Oct 15: 1 line Fri Oct 16: 1 line Sat Oct 17: 2 lines Sun Oct 18: 3 lines Mon Oct 19: 2 lines Tue Oct 20: no lines
18 weeks
  1. none
  2. 1 line
  3. 2
  4. 3 or more
  5. today
TodayTuesday, October 20
    GRATITUDE · ON TODAY

    What are you grateful for today?

    GRATITUDE 9 Grateful today?

    The streak already reads 9 with today blank: a run through yesterday holds until midnight. Your first line today makes it 10.

    When a streak breaks

    “Day streak” counts the days in a row with at least one line. Today gets until midnight: while it is blank, the run through yesterday still counts. A whole day with no line ends the run, and a line filed under that day afterwards mends it.

    Sample · the two weeks to Tuesday, Oct 20, and the morning after · tap a day to add or clear its lines

    9Day streak
    12Longest
    74Days kept

    Tuesday is still blank, but the run through Monday holds until midnight, so the streak reads 9. Write a line tonight and it becomes 10.

    Try Wednesday morning with Tuesday still blank, then tap Tuesday. In the app that is “+”, the line, and “Attributed date” set to yesterday. Longest counts every run since your first line, so the twelve days in August stay the best until a run passes them.

    One line, and what it can carry

    A line is enough. Each line can also carry a day other than today, a life area, a goal, a person, and any number of reflections added later.

    1. The day it belongs to is the title, from “Attributed date”. Today’s page always writes to today; “+” can file a line under any day.
    2. A life area, one of Health, Wealth, Craft, Family, Mind, Relationships, Learning and Other, and the time you wrote it.
    3. Reflections, added any time from “+”, typed or dictated. Each keeps its own date and time, newest first, and can be edited or deleted.
    4. A goal and a person, one of each. Only active goals are offered. A linked person counts toward “WHO SHOWS UP”.
    HourLife Gratitude: A line from the morning, tagged Health, with one reflection and the goal it is linked to.
    An entry in the app, with its reflection and goal.

    Two ways to write a line

    WhatToday’s page“+”, New Gratitude
    The dayToday onlyAny day, from “Attributed date”
    LinksNone yet. Open the line later and choose “Edit”.Goal, Person and Life Area, under “LINK TO (OPTIONAL)”
    After savingThe keyboard stays up and the next number asks for anotherThe sheet closes
    Best forThree quick lines at the end of the dayThe day you missed, or a line about someone

    Archive or delete

    • Archive

      From the entry’s ⋯ menu. It leaves the page, the grid, the streak and Insights, and waits under “Archived” in the module’s ⋯ menu until you choose “Unarchive”.

    • Delete

      From the ⋯ menu, or a long press on the row. The line goes to Recently Deleted.

    HourLife Gratitude: The line, its date, and optional links to a goal, a person or a life area.
    "New Gratitude": the line, "Attributed date", and the three links.

    Find a line again

    Under today’s page, earlier days follow, newest first. Five chips narrow them to lines with a person, a goal, a life area or reflections, and search finds any word. Either one folds the practice card away so the matches come straight after the pen.

    Sample · the three days before Tuesday, Oct 20 · try a chip or a search

    WHO SHOWS UP

    1. Mom13
    2. Sam12
    3. Maya5
    4. Dad3
    5. Priya3
    1. Monday, Oct 19

      • A long call with Mom that I almost skipped but was glad I didn't.

        Mom Family

      • Sam covered my standup so I could take the dentist slot.

        Sam Rivera Craft
    2. Sunday, Oct 18

      • Morning light coming through the kitchen window while making coffee.

        Rebuild durable energy Health 1 reflection

      • The first cold run of the season, and my legs felt fine.

        Run a half marathon Health

      • Dinner at Maya's, and nobody looked at a phone.

        Maya Chen Relationships 1 reflection
    3. Saturday, Oct 17

      • A whole afternoon with nothing on the calendar.

      • Dad fixed the bike brakes without being asked.

        Dad Family

    “WHO SHOWS UP” counts every line you have linked to a person, not just these three days, and shows the five you link most by first name. A tap opens the person.

    Insights counts days and people

    “Insights” in the ⋯ menu reads your gratitude as days: how many you have kept, the last thirty as bars, your streaks, and who you link most. Archived lines are left out.

    Sample · the eighteen weeks above, seen on Tuesday, Oct 20, before tonight’s lines

    You’ve logged gratitude on 74 days.

    131 entries, 9 current streak.

    Logging rhythm · 30 days

    You’re on a 9-day gratitude streak.

    Best ever: 12 days.

    Lines written on each of the 30 days to Tuesday, Oct 20: Sep 21 2, Sep 22 3, Sep 23 0, Sep 24 2, Sep 25 2, Sep 26 1, Sep 27 0, Sep 28 0, Sep 29 1, Sep 30 3, Oct 1 0, Oct 2 2, Oct 3 0, Oct 4 0, Oct 5 2, Oct 6 2, Oct 7 0, Oct 8 2, Oct 9 1, Oct 10 0, Oct 11 4, Oct 12 4, Oct 13 1, Oct 14 1, Oct 15 1, Oct 16 1, Oct 17 2, Oct 18 3, Oct 19 2, Oct 20 0. 0 2 4 Sep 21 Sep 28 Oct 5 Oct 12 Oct 19
    9current
    12best
    74days logged

    With no streak running, the card reads “Your best run was 12 days.” and “Log something today to start a new one.”

    Who shows up

    Mom appears most in your gratitude.

    The five people your lines link most, ties broken by name.

    1. Mom13
    2. Sam Rivera12
    3. Maya Chen5
    4. Dad3
    5. Priya Nair3

    Outside the Gratitude page

    The evening is when most lines get written, so Gratitude meets you there, and on the Home Screen.

    • The GRATITUDE card on Today

      Evening mode shows it unless you turn it off. Morning mode can show it too, and Today can carry it as a card. It shows today’s lines and adds one in a tap.

      GRATITUDE · MONDAY, OCT 199d streak
      · A long call with Mom that I almost skipped but was glad I didn't.
      · Sam covered my standup so I could take the dentist slot.
    • The Home Screen widget

      Small, medium or round on the Lock Screen. Choose what it shows:

      Streak9 day streak Today’s countGrateful today? Latest entryLatest gratitude
    • Day by Day

      Each line shows on its day in Calendar’s Day by Day, captioned “Gratitude”.

    • Search

      HourLife’s search finds your lines along with the person and goal each one links.

    • The daily Markdown export

      Each day’s note counts the lines in its front matter and lists them under “Gratitude”, oldest first.

      gratitude_entries: 2
…
## Gratitude
- A long call with Mom that I almost skipped but was glad I didn't.
- Sam covered my standup so I could take the dentist slot.

    Tips

    • Link an entry to the person it is about. Over time "WHO SHOWS UP" tells you who you are most grateful for.
    • If you write gratitude the next morning, tap "+" and set the "Attributed date" to yesterday. Today's page always writes to today.
    • Gratitude is free, so it is a good first daily habit before you add anything else.

    Questions

    About Gratitude day to day.

    • Is Gratitude free?

      Yes. Gratitude is part of the free tier, with no limit on how many lines you keep.

    • How many things should I write each day?

      Today's page offers three numbered lines, and the grid counts a day as full at three. One line already keeps the streak, and you can write as many more as you like.

    • Does my streak break if I haven't written yet today?

      No. A streak that ran through yesterday holds until today ends, so the number stays while you have the evening to write. Miss a whole day and it starts again at your next line.

    • I forgot to write yesterday. Can I add it now?

      Yes. Tap "+", write the line, and set "Attributed date" to yesterday. It files under that day and fills its square, so a streak that broke overnight joins up again.

    • Can I add to a line later?

      Open it and tap "+" beside "REFLECTIONS". Each reflection keeps its own date and time, newest first, and you can dictate one instead of typing.

    • What is the difference between Archive and Delete?

      Archive, in a line's ⋯ menu, takes it off the page and out of the streak and Insights, and keeps it under "Archived", where "Unarchive" brings it back. Delete moves it to Recently Deleted.

    Works with

    Where Gratitude hands off to the rest of HourLife.

    • Today

      Today's "GRATITUDE" card and the Evening mode "GRATITUDE" card add entries straight into Gratitude.

    • People

      An entry can link to a person, and "WHO SHOWS UP" ranks the people who appear most in your gratitude.

    • Goals

      An entry can link to an active goal, and the "Goals" filter shows only those entries.

    • Areas

      An entry can carry a life area, shown as a coloured label and used by the "Life Areas" filter.

    Read and try

    Books from the library that Gratitude puts into practice, and something to try on paper or in the browser.

    Already have HourLife?

    Gratitude is under Reflection in the module list. "+" adds a line for any day, and the ⋯ menu holds "Insights" and "Archived". Today and Evening mode carry a "GRATITUDE" card, and Morning mode can too.

    Gratitude is in the Library, under Reflection. If it isn’t there, turn it on in Settings → Look & Feel → Modules.

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