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.

[caiv250]

Actually, your response made my idea's thought a lot clearer

It would be best to have a combined scrollable history section (like the current relapse history section but for both) and instead of creating different methods to add normal notes for abstinence/check in modes, why not just add another button next to the "+ Add Relapse Here" to add a normal note when a date on the calendar widget is clicked, the user can add a normal note on their own discretion

But it might be confusing for new users to find, another page of the first launch introduction info section could explain this too, just an opinion

[resurrectdev1]

That actually simplifies things a lot, I also think a combined scrollable history (relapses + notes together) instead of two separate systems makes sense, and putting the note option right next to "+ Add Relapse Here" in the date sheet is a cleaner way to avoid building two different note flows for two different modes.

As for the onboarding, I think it could also use a refresher considering how much has been added to Grove since it was added 😅

I will try to draft something up and then post the results here soon as well!

[resurrectdev1]

Hello sorry for the long wait this is what i drafted up so far though I would love to hear your toughts!

(log is just a placeholder word it could be renamed to anything really. Was also thinking of the idea to let you edit logs directly through the relapse timeline sweep ( or check-in history ) through a pencil edit icon for example)

Same idea for check-in days both excused and not & sorry for the bad screenshot mockups I dont know where my artistic skills have seem to gone 😭.

And just a heads up that it might take a bit to implement since I just shipped a big update (v0.7.2).

[caiv250]

lol, I'd definitely make a worse mockup, yours is pretty explanatory

I don't know where else you could put the log button without it looking out of place, so the first one is pretty good

I'd say there's no point in adding an edit button on the entries, its just going to clutter the UI and create two ways to do the same action which is kinda redundant
But that's just what I think, I would love to hear what ideas you have planned for this implementation

[caiv250]

nevermind, ignore this

[resurrectdev1]

Hello @caiv250,

I agree with the log button placement. As for the edit button it is sort of unnecessary now, since the interactive monthly calendar takes care of it. But in the future if I add a way to log more then on relapse per day then I would see it making a comeback.

That said since the idea has been confirmed I can start working on it more thoroughly!