Lola wasn’t journaling when she found jot’s skins.

She was procrastinating, daydreaming, dawdling.

One of those days where she’d opened her journal, written half a sentence, stared at it, sighed, and thought, I need a change of scenery. Not a life overhaul — just… something different.

So she started clicking.

Settings. Sidebar. A section she hadn’t really noticed before. Skins .

Twenty ways to change the mood of your journal

What Lola didn’t expect was choice. So much choice.

Jot doesn’t offer a look for your journal — it offers twenty. Soft, earthy greens. Muted lavenders. Clean sky blues. Bold cherries. Calm grayscale. Colours that feel fresh, grounding, playful, dramatic, or quietly reassuring.

And the best part? There’s no fuss. No redesigning layouts or restarting your diary. Just one tap, and your journal becomes something else.

Same words. New world.

Why the look of a journal actually matters

Lola realised something almost immediately: she wanted to write more.

Not because she’d suddenly had a breakthrough thought — but because the space she was writing in finally felt right. The page felt welcoming. Less serious. Less “say something profound or don’t bother”.

Journaling is vulnerable. You’re showing up with half-formed thoughts, bad moods, tiny wins, spirals, joys. Doing that in a space that feels cold or generic doesn’t help. Doing it in a journal that feels like yours does.

Enter: Bubblegum

After a brief flirtation with Sage and a moment of consideration for Lavender, Lola landed exactly where she was always going to: Bubblegum .

Pink. Soft. Playful. Slightly indulgent.

It didn’t make her journal less meaningful — it made it easier to open. Easier to stay. Easier to be honest. The pink didn’t judge. It didn’t demand productivity or clarity. It just… let her write.

Pink fantasies: fulfilled.

Your journal, but on your terms

That’s what jot’s skins quietly do. They let your journal meet you where you are.

Maybe today you want calm and grounding. Maybe next month you’ll want bold and expressive. Maybe you’ll strip everything back to grayscale and let the words do all the talking.

Your journal doesn’t have to look the same forever — because you don’t stay the same forever.

With twenty different skins, Jot lets your diary shift with your mood, your taste, your season of life. It becomes less like an app and more like a space you actually want to return to.

And sometimes, that’s all it takes to start writing again.

Gratitude journaling suffers from some seriously bad PR.

In theory, it’s meant to be grounding, calming, perspective-shifting. In practice? It can feel way too performative. Forced. Like you’re being asked to feel grateful on command , even when your stomach hurts and your coffee’s gone cold.

Enter: Jot’s Three Good Things gratitude template — a journal feature that understands that life is rarely all sunshine and lollipops, but still manages to find meaning in the mess.

This isn’t about toxic positivity. It’s about learning how to journal honestly , without losing the point (or your sense of humour).

So… what is the Three Good Things journal?

At its core, the template is simple — and that’s the point.

Each diary entry gently guides you to note:

• one good thing

• another good thing

• and a third good thing

But crucially, it doesn’t stop there. Every prompt nudges you to reflect on why it mattered — turning a quick diary entry into something richer, more intentional, and surprisingly grounding.

It’s less “list three things you’re grateful for” and more: what happened today, and what does it say about where I'm at?

A diary that makes space for the whole day (not just the good bits)

One of the best things about this gratitude journal template is that it doesn’t demand a perfect day.

Sleeping well counts.
A balanced breakfast counts.
Recovering from a self-inflicted stomach ache absolutely counts.

By framing gratitude as something that exists alongside discomfort — rather than in denial of it — the journal becomes a space for nuance. Pain can be temporary. Relief can be meaningful. Small wins can coexist with bad moments.

That’s what makes it feel like a real diary, not a motivational poster.

Why templates make journaling easier (and more sustainable)

Starting a diary is easy. Keeping one is harder.

Jot’s gratitude journal template removes the “what do I write?” panic that so often stops journaling before it starts. The structure is light but intentional — enough to guide reflection, not so rigid that it kills spontaneity.

On busy days, it’s a five-minute check-in.
On slower days, it becomes a longer reflection.
Either way, you’re still journaling — still building a habit.

And because each entry follows the same gentle rhythm, it’s incredibly easy to look back and notice patterns: what consistently brings energy, what drains it, and what really matters over time.

Gratitude, but make it personal

What makes this gratitude diary work isn’t that it tells you to be thankful — it’s that it helps you notice your version of a good life.

Not the aspirational one.
Not the curated one.
The real one, built out of sleep, food, movement, discomfort, relief, and tiny moments of joy.

That’s the magic of a good journal template: it doesn’t tell you what to feel. It just gives you a place to notice it.

Lola didn’t wake up thinking, today I will be productive .

She woke up thinking:
Why are there so many meetings.
And then, more importantly:
Why do they all feel urgent.

This is usually the point where Lola would open her Notes app, write something vague like “work stuff”, close it immediately, and go make a coffee instead. But this time, she opened jot — the same place she journals, vents, and keeps her secret thoughts when her brain won’t switch off.

Not to write a long diary entry.
Not to emotionally unpack anything (yet...).
Just to get things out of her head and onto the page .

When your journal starts doing the organising for you

Inside her jot diary, Lola drops a new task straight in. She titles it exactly how it feels:
so many meetings blah blah blah.

No forced professionalism. No pretending this is a “strategic alignment session”. Just honesty — the same kind she uses when she’s journaling properly.

She adds a due date. Sets the priority to High , because… yeah. It is. And suddenly the thing that was bouncing around her head is now sitting neatly inside her journal, instead of interrupting every other thought.

That’s the quiet magic of jot Tasks.
They don’t live outside your diary.
They live right alongside it.

A diary that remembers what you’ve handled

Later, Lola checks back in. Some tasks are still waiting. Others? Surprisingly done.

Her New Year’s Eve planning task is already ticked off. The reflective prompts she journaled through earlier in the week — the ones about confidence and teamwork — are sitting there too, crossed out and oddly satisfying.

They didn’t disappear once the feelings passed. They became part of her diary history. A soft record of things she thought about, worked through, and actually finished.

There’s something grounding about that.

A journal that doesn’t just hold your thoughts, but shows you what you’ve carried — and what you’ve already put down.

From diary thoughts to real-life action (without the productivity guilt)

What Lola likes most is that Tasks don’t turn her journal into a scary productivity app.

They don’t demand colour-coded systems or morning routines. They simply let moments from her diary become actionable when they need to — and stay reflective when they don’t.

Some entries stay as feelings.
Some diary thoughts turn into plans.
Some plans become tasks.
And some tasks quietly move to Completed.

jot doesn’t tell Lola how to live her life

It just gives her journal more range.

Tasks in jot aren’t about hustle. They’re about helping your diary hold real life as it happens — meetings, emotions, plans, spirals and all — without letting any one of them take over.

For Lola, that means fewer mental tabs open at once.
A calmer journal.
And the comforting knowledge that if something matters, she can write it down — and actually come back to it.

Because sometimes, “so many meetings blah blah blah” is exactly what your diary needs to hear first.

Teamwork sounds nice in theory.

In practice? It can feel suspiciously like someone questioning your competence while smiling politely. Which is obviously the worst feeling ever.

At least, that’s how it felt for Lola.

The Entry That Started With “Dear JotBot” and Ended With an Epiphany

Lola opened jot with a familiar feeling: Why am I like this?

She chose a blank entry with no prompts, no structure, no expectations, and just started writing honestly about something she didn’t love admitting: every time someone offered to help her at work, she felt threatened. Defensive. Competitive. Like teamwork had become a personal attack.

Not ideal.
Not very 'go team'...
Definitely something worth unpacking in her diary.

So she wrote it all out, each and every raw, uncomfortable detail and then did something important.

She turned on Emotional Reflection AI feature on jot.

JotBot Knows When to Speak (and When to Listen)

What makes this entry different is that it’s clearly labelled.

You can see when Lola is writing that she is spiralling, questioning, thinking out loud.
And you can see when jotbot responds they do so calmly, thoughtfully, and without hijacking the moment.

This is Emotional Reflection doing what it does best. Instead of giving advice straight away, jotbot asks reflective questions:

• What emotions come up when help feels like a threat?

• Where might this mindset have come from?

• When has collaboration actually felt good?

No fixing.
No diagnosing.
No “have you tried deep breathing?”

Just space to think, with a little guidance.

The Breakthrough (“Oh… That’s Why”)

As the conversation unfolds, something clicks.

Lola remembers times when teamwork did feel good:
– group projects that flowed
– service jobs where everyone moved in sync
– moments where collaboration felt like a dance, not a competition

That’s when she lands on it.

She’s not threatened by teamwork.
She’s uncertain in a new role , and that uncertainty has been disguising itself as defensiveness.

This felt like a huge breakthrough... and she didn’t need a lecture to get there. She just needed someone to ask the right questions.

Why Emotional Reflection Hits Different

This is where jot’s Emotional Reflection feature shines.

More specifically, by

• highlighting emotional patterns you might miss

• helping you connect present reactions to past experiences

• never telling you what you should feel

It’s journaling, but with someone gently holding up a mirror instead of handing you a to-do list.

The Ending We Love to See

The entry ends exactly how jot entries should end:

“OMG v true jotbot. This was super helpful!!!”

Because sometimes clarity doesn’t come from answers.
It comes from being asked the right questions at the right time.

And sometimes, teamwork isn’t the problem.

It’s just your brain trying to protect you, a touch too enthusiastically.

New Year’s Eve is not a normal day.

It’s a workday that pretends it isn’t. A social event disguised as a logistical nightmare. A night that somehow requires three outfits, one personality upgrade, and zero mistakes .

Lola was not about to freestyle it.

Especially not while working until 5:30 pm.

So instead of letting the mental spiral begin (“What am I wearing?” “Where am I changing?” “Will I eat today?”), Lola did what she does best now:

She opened jot.

Step One: The Blank Entry (AKA Emotional Freefall Mode)

Lola started with a blank entry , because sometimes the brain needs space to dump information before it can do anything useful with it.

No templates. No structure. No expectations.

She wrote exactly what was happening:– working late
– no time to go home
– outfit panic already loading
– vibes fragile

Nothing polished. Nothing pretty. Just the facts — slightly dramatic, but accurate.

Step Two: “Generate from Scratch” (Enter JotBot)

Here’s where things got clever.

Instead of asking JotBot something vague like “help me plan New Year’s Eve” , Lola used the Generate from scratch feature and gave it clear instructions:

Focus on:
– time management
– outfit logistics
– what to prep in advance
– keeping things simple

In other words: please prevent chaos .

JotBot obliged.

Step Three: A Plan That Didn’t Overwhelm Her

What came back wasn’t a manifesto. It wasn’t aspirational. It didn’t assume Lola had unlimited time, money, or emotional stability.

It was a short, grounded list:

– Wear something to work that could survive a quick party transformation
– Pack a small bag with clothes, makeup, and accessories
– Bring a snack (critical)
– Set a clear “get ready” time so the evening didn’t derail

That was it.

No pressure. No over-planning. Just enough structure to make the night feel manageable — and dare we say… exciting?

Why This is Ultimate JotBot Behaviour

This is what JotBot does best.

It doesn’t try to take over your life. It doesn’t tell you what your night should look like. It works with the reality you give it and helps you move forward without panic.

For Lola, that meant fewer racing thoughts and more confidence going into the evening. She still got the chaos of New Year’s Eve — just without the background dread of forgetting something crucial and crying in a bathroom at 9:43 pm.

The Takeaway

Not every journal entry needs to be deep.

Sometimes journaling is:
– planning
– organising
– calming your nervous system just enough to enjoy your life

And sometimes, the most self-care thing you can do is let JotBot think with you.

Lola did.

New Year’s Eve survived.
Outfit secured.
Snack packed.
Mind at peace (relatively).

Let’s address the elephant in the online journal.

Money.
Subscriptions.
That brief moment of panic when you click “Pricing” and brace yourself.

Relax. Jot would never do that to you.

We’ve officially rolled out our new, shiny pricing plans for the jot diary, designed to grow with you - whether you’re a casual “one thought a day” jottie or a full-time emotional archivist. And yes, we’re starting with the most important bit:

✨ jot FREE: Because Journaling Shouldn’t Be Behind a Paywall

That’s right. Jot has a Free plan . Actually free. Not “free for seven days then surprise!” free.

With jot FREE , you get access to all our core tools - the good stuff - without handing over your card details or committing emotionally.

Here’s what FREE gets you:

• ✨ 50 AI assists per month (plenty for daily check-ins and mini spirals)

• 📓 12 journal entries a month

• 💾 500MB storage

• 📸 Photo, audio & location attachments

• 🔍 Smart organisation & search

• 📤 Data export & backup

• 🧠 AI mood insights

• 🔐 Privacy-first encryption

• 🔄 Cross-device sync

In short: enough to journal properly, reflect meaningfully, and decide later if you want more bells, whistles, or emotional analysis.

No pressure. No tricks.

When You’re Ready for a Little More: jot Smart

If journaling is becoming part of your routine (go you), jot Smart is for everyday writers who want AI support that actually keeps up.

Think:

• 🪄 100 AI assists per month

• 📓 30 journal entries

• 💾 2GB storage

• Everything from FREE, plus more space and more insight

• 💸 £2.39/month with launch discount

It’s the “I journal most days and I like it” tier.

For the Power Journalers: jot Max

And then there’s jot Max — for people who treat journaling like a sport, a ritual, or a full-scale emotional research project.

With Max, you unlock:

• ♾ Unlimited AI assists

• 📓 200 journal entries per month

• 💾 5GB storage

• Advanced AI insights & analysis

• Mood tracking & trends

• AI story suggestions

• Priority support

• Early access to new features

All for £3.99/month with launch discount.

Yes, it’s powerful.
Yes, it’s extra.
No, you don’t need it to start.

The Point Is: You Choose

The beauty of jot’s new pricing is that nothing is locked away at the beginning .

You can:

• Start free

• Stay free

• Upgrade when it actually makes sense for you

No guilt. No FOMO. No “why can’t I even write one entry without paying?”

Whether you’re jotting fleeting thoughts, full diary entries, or existential essays at 2am - there’s a plan that fits.

And if all you want right now is a journal to write in?

jot FREE has you covered.

Lola’s back — and so are her questionable financial decisions.

But this time, she’s not just journaling her way through a life-altering Magic Mike moment… she’s categorising it. Because jot has a very chic little feature that helps you sort your entries into tidy emotional buckets, even when your actual life is anything but tidy.

Let’s dive in.

The Feature: Categories — a.k.a. Your Brain, Colour-Coded

Is your life an elegant, neatly structured narrative arc?
No. Of course not.

But jot’s Categories feature lets you pretend it is.

When you open jot, you’re greeted with gentle, pastel-toned folders like:

• Daily Tasks (the things you actually did)

• Drama (the things you shouldn’t have done)

• Fun (the things you’ll definitely do again even though they cost your entire savings)

• Wellbeing (hydration attempts + emotional breakthroughs)

• Work (meetings you barely survived)

You can also create your own categories because your life is unique, messy, and doesn’t always fit into “Drama,” even if technically it should.

These categories help you track patterns, moods, routines, chaotic decisions… and just generally make sense of yourself. A small miracle.

Enter: Lola’s Magic Mike Extravaganza

To demonstrate the magic (and the Mike), Lola has graced us with today’s journal entry:

Financially reckless? Absolutely.
Emotionally rich? As rich as she’s ever going to be, honestly.

After JotBot gently refrained from calling her fiscally irresponsible, Lola did something revolutionary:
She categorised her entry.

And naturally, she picked:

Because when you drop your life savings on male acrobatics, that’s not Drama — that’s a lifestyle.

One tap, done. Her Magic Mike adventure is now officially catalogued under the “Fun” category, where it can sit comfortably among future spontaneous decisions that are 50% joy, 50% “should I have done that,” and 100% Lola.

Why This Feature Matters (Beyond Magic Mike)

jot’s categories are more than little colour-coded bubbles:

• They help you see what chapters of your life you return to

• They show you patterns (“Why are there so many Drama entries?” — we’ve all asked it)

• They gently steer you toward balance (maybe we aim for a Wellbeing moment after a Drama spiral)

• They make journaling feel instantly more organised with zero extra effort

And if you’re Lola, they also help you justify personal spending.

In Summary

Lola had an epiphany.
jot had a category for it.

Together, they are unstoppable.

Try jot’s categories feature the next time your life veers into Fun, Drama, Wellbeing, or “I need to invent a new category for whatever that was.”

Because jot isn’t just where you reflect —
it’s where you organise the messy chaos you call your life.

If you’ve ever wished your journal could also double as a party-planning headquarters, social hub, and just general chaos distributor… well, Lola has some really good news for you.

This week inside jot , Lola got her hands on our brand-new Address Book + Tagging Feature , and—predictably—used it to organise something pink, dramatic, and aggressively on-brand.

Let’s break it down.

Step One: Lola Discovers She Has Friends

(i.e. jot’s Address Book Feature)

Lola has many strengths: optimism, resilience, a borderline concerning number of crushes.
One thing she does not have? Any form of organised contact list.

So when jot quietly released the Address Book , she reacted as though we’d handed her the emotional equivalent of a tax refund.

Now, inside her journal, she can add her friends’:

• Names

• Emails

• Numbers

• Addresses (mostly for sending apology cupcakes)

• Notes (“Leslie can’t be trusted with glitter”)

• Tags (“party people,” “secret keepers,” “people who will destroy me”)

And, in typical Lola fashion, she filled the thing immediately .

Step Two: The Pink Party Heard ‘Round the Worldd

(i.e. tagging friends directly in your journal entries)

Once her address book was fully populated (colour-coded, unnecessarily detailed, exceedingly neurotic), Lola used jot’s new @-mentioning feature to post something no one saw coming:

A party announcement inside her journal .

Yes. You read that right.
Lola is now using her journal as an event-planning tool.
Honestly? Groundbreaking.

With jot’s new feature, you can:

✨ Tag people directly in your private or shared entries
✨ Automatically pull their details from your Address Book
✨ Notify them (depending on your sharing settings)
✨ Create group posts, invites, lists, reminders…
✨ Or, you know, force everyone you know to dress in pink

It’s essentially the social diary experience we all deserve.

Step Three: JotBot Tries to Keep Up

We’d love to tell you that JotBot responded with something emotionally profound, like:
“What does the colour pink symbolise for you at this point in your life?”

But Lola didn’t ask JotBot for emotional insight this time.
She simply hit “post,” @-attacked eight innocent bystanders, and went on with her day.

No thoughts. Only action.
Which is exactly what jot is here for: supporting your inner emotional journey and your outer social spontaneity.

So… what can you do with jot’s new tagging feature?

• Plan events

• Share announcements

• Make a list of people who owe you money

• Create birthday reminders

• Start a group journal

• @ your ex (don’t do this)

• @ your therapist (…also don’t do this unless you are ready to explain yourself)

• Build a cute, digital, emotion-powered social universe

And yes—Lola is already planning the next event.
We’re seriously scared.

The Deal (Short & Real)

For a limited time, get 60% off any Jot tier — from the cosy starter plan to the full-features experience. Same human feelings. More AI insight. Fewer excuses.

Why This Is Actually Useful (Not Just Another Deal)

• Give your future self something worth opening. Time Capsule + Detail Assist makes letters, goals, and “one-day” plans actually meaningful. Just look at Lola's entries to see how much depth JotBot can inspire.

• Turn chaos into clarity. Use templates like Challenge & Growth to convert disasters (like when Lola suffered the pink paint runoff) into learning moments.

• Vent freely, then reflect wisely. Blank Entry mode + Emotional Insight AI = scream-then-sit-down-and-breathe.

• Make journaling effortless. Smart prompts, AI summaries, and tiny habit nudges mean less staring at the blank page and more “oh — that’s actually helpful.”

Who Should Buy (Yes, You)

• People who keep promising “I’ll start a journal” and then forget by lunch.

• Creatives who want to track micro-wins and bizarre ideas before they evaporate.

• Anyone who likes the idea of personal growth without the pressure of perfection.

• Gift-givers: thoughtful, low-effort present that says “I want you to feel seen.”

How to Use Your Upgrade (3 quick ideas)

• Start a 14-day challenge using the Challenge & Growth template — document one small win a day.

• Write a Letter to Future Me and set it to open in 6 months. Then forget about it (delicious suspense).

• When you have a meltdown, open Blank Entry , write for five minutes, then let JotBot reflect with calming prompts.

So there it is. All the reasons why jot can change your life for the better, at a fraction of the cost. Join now, and start your journalling journey today.

Ever tried writing a heartfelt message to your future self and realised you have the emotional precision of a kiddie pool? Lola did — which is exactly why Jot's Letter to Future Me Time Capsule feature (plus our Detail-Adding JotBot) exists: to turn vague hopes into actual, meaningful reflections you’ll be glad to rediscover later.

The Setup: Lola vs. The Most Intimidating Blank Page of All Time

It all began with Jot’s Time Capsule template — a sweet, simple “Dear Future Me” letter meant to be opened by… well, Future Lola. The idea is to immortalise a moment, a feeling, a hope. Cute! Wholesome! Terrifying, actually, if you're Lola and confronted with the softest pastel blank page ever created.

She gamely filled in the basics:

• Today’s date ✔️

• A general feeling ✔️

• A vague hope about becoming “the best in my industry” ✔️ (the dream)

• A P.S. containing nothing but chaos ✔️✔️✔️

It was giving enthusiastic LinkedIn post written at 3am.

In Lola’s defence, writing a letter to your future self is hard. How deep are you supposed to go? How personal is too personal? And how do you articulate the “current focus/goal” when your only real goal is… a vague feeling of fulfillment?

That’s where our favourite feature sashayed in.

Enter JotBot: Your Tiny, Helpful Ghostwriter

Staring at her first draft, Lola did what many Jot users do when they hit the “What am I actually trying to say?” wall: she tapped the AI Detail Assist feature — the one that gently embroiders your entry with richer detail, clarity, and emotional specificity.

And JotBot said, essentially:

“Okay babes, let’s structure those dreams.”

It helped her articulate:

• Why becoming the best in her industry matters to her

• How connecting stories to voices is driving her right now

• The feeling of trusting future progress

• The image of celebrating talent she’s nurtured (Lola got a little misty here)

• And the emotional intention behind this snapshot in time

Suddenly, a tiny time capsule note turned into something future Lola will actually be excited — maybe even proud — to open.

JotBot didn’t overwrite her; it simply amplified her. Like adding specificity seasoning.

The Glow-Up: From Placeholder to Powerful

Here’s the evolution:

Blank Template:
“Dear Future Me, today is [date] and I want you to remember [something important]. Love, Me.”
→ Very “teacher hands you a worksheet and leaves you to it.”

Lola’s First Attempt:
Earnest, cute, slightly chaotic.
→ Very “drafting an Oscar acceptance speech in the shower.”

Final Entry After JotBot:
A grounded, motivating, emotionally rich snapshot of who she is right now.
→ Very “opening this in 5 years will make her gasp softly and text all her friends.”

That’s the magic of pairing Time Capsule journaling with AI-powered detail coaching — you get the meaning without the mental gymnastics.

Why This Feature Slaps (According to Lola, who now considers herself a time-travelling Jottie)

✨ Perfect for capturing a moment in your life without trying to sound like a poet
✨ Helps you articulate goals you know you feel but can’t quite phrase
✨ Turns vague ambition into something your future self can measure
✨ Adds emotional clarity without overwriting your authentic voice
✨ Ideal for people who think they’re too busy to journal but still want depth

The Verdict

Lola might not be the “best in her industry” yet (though give her five minutes), but she is now the proud owner of a Time Capsule entry that future her will actually understand — and maybe even use as a milestone marker.

All thanks to Jot’s gentle collaboration between you and JotBot.

Because time travel is cool, but travelling with clarity?
Even cooler. 💌✨

In this instalment of Lola’s Ongoing War With Academia , we find her reaping the benefits from Blank Entry mode — Jot’s “say whatever you need to before you combust” option. No prompts, no guardrails, no “on a scale of 1–10, how stressed are you?” interrogation. Just pure, unfiltered spiralling.

And boy, does she spiral.

Within three sentences she’s ready to rip her hair out, confessing to nightly plagiarism nightmares (fun!), catastrophic thinking, and a level of academic dread so strong it should qualify for its own dissertation. Blank Entry mode basically hands her a megaphone and lets her scream directly into the void — as intended.

Then, once Lola has fully emptied the emotional tank, Emotional Insight AI enters the chat with its soft “hey, maybe breathe?” energy.

Instead of telling her to calm down (which never works and always offends), it does the Emotional Insight AI thing:

• Reframes her panic : “What if this anxiety actually proves you care?”

• Gives her a gold star for effort : A prompt to acknowledge everything she poured into her dissertation

• Hands her actual coping tools : A grounding exercise based on remembering earlier wins — that spark of inspiration, that perfect source discovery, that one conversation with a mentor that made her feel like a prodigy for five minutes

It gently ushers her out of doom-spiral mode and back into “I am a capable academic creature who has survived worse” territory.

In summary:
Lola vents her entire soul using the Blank Entry feature (as one should), and Emotional Insight AI picks up the emotional debris, turns it into wisdom, and hands her practical techniques for surviving the endless, cursed waiting period of academic assessment.

A perfect demonstration of the chaos-to-clarity pipeline Jot is built for.

This week, Lola put Jot’s Challenge & Growth template to the test — after a well-intentioned DIY project turned into a small-scale environmental tragedy. With JotBot’s AI summary feature, she managed to turn her soggy paint debacle into a moment of mindfulness (and possibly a new hobby).

At Jot , we know that personal growth doesn’t always look serene — sometimes, it looks like a drenched wooden board and pink runoff spreading across your garden. That’s why we created the Challenge & Growth template : a guided journaling framework that helps users unpack life’s little disasters with reflection, calm, and maybe even a sense of humour.

Lola, of course, dove right in.

After a rainy run-in with her latest project — spray painting a giant board for her wall — she opened Jot’s template and started filling it out:

Challenge and Growth Template

Then came the magic: JotBot’s AI summary and reflection tool — designed to analyse your entries and offer gentle insight, encouragement, and practical tips for next time.

Here’s what JotBot had to say:

“In this journal entry, you share your experience of facing an unexpected challenge while working on your D.I.Y. project... You highlighted your ability to stay calm and use breathing exercises to manage your frustration... Maybe you could think about setting up a little creative corner indoors, where you can enjoy the process without worrying about the weather. Finding joy in these moments is what makes the journey worthwhile.”

By combining a fill-in-the-blank structure with smart AI reflection, the Challenge & Growth template helps users slow down, recognise progress, and turn setbacks into self-awareness — all in just a few minutes a day.

For Lola, that meant learning how to breathe through frustration (and maybe check the forecast). For everyone else, it’s proof that growth doesn’t need to come from perfect conditions — just a willingness to show up, reflect, and laugh a little at the chaos.

So next time your day goes sideways, open Jot’s Challenge & Growth template.
It’s your calm corner for turning small messes into meaningful growth.

Today we’re excited to introduce Jot - a modern diary that makes journaling effortless with Voice-First Capture , Contextual Capture , and a privacy-first design. Jot turns quick voice notes into polished entries and surfaces timely prompts so reflection becomes a habit, not a chore.

Speak, Don’t Type

With Voice-First Capture , you simply talk for up to three minutes. Jot automatically converts your thoughts into a clean, structured entry, complete with tags and suggested hashtags, so you can capture more in less time.

Context That Helps You Reflect

Jot goes beyond transcription. Contextual Capture (opt-in) can use relevant life signals like recent locations and, soon, calendar cues to recommend what you might want to reflect on. Rather than staring at a blank page, you’ll see smart suggestions tied to your day.

Built-In Intelligence (That Stays Private)

Jot includes an adaptive AI that learns how you like to journal. It offers:

• Personalised prompts and “micro-quests”

• Summaries and mood insights

• Smart tagging and organisation

• JotBot for conversational follow-ups when you want a dialogue

From day one, privacy is fundamental. Jot is private by design with local encryption, zero-knowledge cloud backup, and optional app locks (biometric or passcode). Your entries are yours—full stop.

Why Jot?

• On mobile, tablet and laptop - Journal anywhere.

• Frictionless capture: Journal hands-free, anywhere.

• Timely prompts: Reflect on moments that matter, when they matter.

• Clarity & momentum: Turn scattered thoughts into entries you’ll want to revisit.

• Own your data: Strong privacy and security by default.

Pricing & Availability

Jot is available now with simple, annual pricing that mirrors the tradition of a yearly diary. Jot Smart covers the essentials; Jot Max unlocks unlimited AI assists and deeper insights. For launch, enjoy a limited-time 50% discount with code JOTLAUNCH through November 30, 2025 .

In this week’s Inside Jot , Lola falls headfirst into the glittering chaos of maybe-love — and lets Jot’s Emotional Insight feature talk her down (gently). Using JotBot’s reflective prompts, she turns her spiral into self-awareness — because sometimes, journaling is cheaper than therapy and way more honest.

At Jot, we’re all about helping people get real with themselves — minus the judgment, plus a sprinkle of AI insight. Our Emotional Insight feature was built exactly for moments like this: when your heart is doing cartwheels and your brain is building wedding Pinterest boards for someone who may or may not know your last name.

Enter Lola, our resident Jottie and professional over-thinker. In her latest entry, she’s smitten — or maybe delusional, we’ll let her (and JotBot) decide:

Relatable? For sure. But instead of sending this as a screenshot to ten friends for decoding, Lola turns to JotBot , our AI reflection partner who asks just the right kind of grounding questions:

“As you reflect on this budding connection, consider how your heart feels in moments of anticipation. What sensations arise in your body when you think about him, and how does the possibility of mutual feelings resonate within you? Allow yourself to sit with these emotions, embracing both the hope and uncertainty, knowing that each moment brings you closer to understanding what this connection may mean for you.”

Where most journaling apps stop at “write your feelings down,” Jot helps you understand

them. By analysing tone and emotional cues, the Emotional Insight feature turns every diary entry into a little therapy session with a surprisingly wise robot.

For Lola, that meant slowing down and noticing the difference between butterflies and anxiety. For us, it’s a reminder that hope — even when slightly unhinged — can still be a beautiful starting point for reflection.

So next time you catch yourself planning a future with the guy who complimented your pen once, open Jot instead. Our Emotional Insight feature will listen, reflect, and maybe — just maybe — save you from texting him first.

Lola had a bizarre day — there was a giraffe involved — and instead of just dumping it into a notebook, she opened Jot. This is the first time she lets JotBot ask her deeper questions in real time, turning a messy moment into actual emotional insight.

Meet Lola.

Lola is a fictional journaler we created to show what it really feels like to use Jot — not the polished version, but the honest, chaotic, “what is even happening right now” version. She’s anxious, funny, reactive, dramatic when she’s tired, and very good at pretending she’s fine. In other words: she journals like the rest of us.

In today’s entry, Lola writes about a very strange day. There’s the giraffe (we’ll get there), there’s a wave of emotions she doesn’t fully understand, and there’s that familiar spiral where you’re not sure if you’re angry, overwhelmed, or just sleep-deprived. Normally that’s where journaling ends: you vent, you close the app, and you’re still not sure what any of it meant.

Jot is built to not leave you there.

Instead of being just a blank page, Jot can respond. With the “JotBot” feature, the journal becomes a conversation — not generic advice, not toxic positivity, but gentle questions that help you understand what’s really underneath what you just wrote. After Lola’s first brain-dump, JotBot steps in and asks things like: “What part of that moment actually hurt?” and “Was this about what happened, or about what it reminded you of?” Lola then writes back to those prompts, and that’s where the shift happens.

You can literally see her go from “today was insane” to “oh, I felt ignored and that’s why I snapped.”

That’s the point of this series. We’ll be sharing Lola’s real (messy, human) journal entries alongside the exact questions JotBot asked her — and how she answered when she let herself slow down and tell the truth. It’s a peek at how Jot works in the wild, and how emotional self-awareness can come from something as simple as: write → reflect → get asked one good follow-up → write again.

Scroll to read Lola’s first journal entry, unedited, exactly as she wrote it in Jot — giraffe and all — plus JotBot’s responses.

The Revolution of Voice-First Journaling

Voice has always been our most natural form of expression. From the first words we speak as children to the conversations that shape our relationships, our voice carries the full spectrum of human emotion and thought.

Why Voice Matters in Journaling

Traditional journaling often creates barriers between our thoughts and their expression. We think faster than we can type, and we feel deeper than we can often articulate in text. Voice journaling removes these barriers.

"When I speak my thoughts aloud, I discover feelings I didn't even know I had." - Sarah, jot user

The Science Behind Voice Expression

Research shows that speaking our thoughts activates different neural pathways than writing them. This can lead to:**Enhanced emotional processing** - Voice carries emotional nuance that text cannot**Faster thought capture** - We speak 3x faster than we type**Deeper self-reflection** - Hearing our own voice creates a unique feedback loop

How jot Makes Voice Journaling Effortless

Our AI-powered platform doesn't just transcribe your words - it understands them. The AI Mood Specialist analyzes the emotional context, tone, and patterns in your voice to provide insights that go beyond what traditional text analysis could ever achieve.

Key Features:

**Instant transcription** with 99.9% accuracy**Emotion detection** from voice patterns**Contextual insights** that evolve with your emotional journey**Complete privacy** - your voice data never leaves your device

The Future is Here

Voice-first journaling isn't just a trend - it's a return to our most human form of expression, enhanced by technology that truly understands us.

Sarah's Journey: From Stagnation to Breakthrough

*Note: This story is shared with Sarah's permission and has been anonymized to protect her privacy.*

Ten Years of Searching

Sarah had been in therapy for over a decade. While it helped her cope with daily life, she felt stuck in patterns she couldn't break. Traditional journaling felt like homework, and she struggled to maintain consistency.

"I knew there were deeper feelings I wasn't accessing, but I couldn't find the words when I sat down to write."

Discovering Voice Journaling with jot

When Sarah started using jot, something shifted immediately. Speaking her thoughts felt natural, like having a conversation with a trusted friend who never judged.

The First Week

**Day 1-3**: Sarah was hesitant but found voice journaling less intimidating than writing**Day 4-7**: The AI Mood Specialist began identifying patterns Sarah had never noticed

The Breakthrough Moment

On day 12, while speaking about a recurring dream, Sarah's voice cracked with emotion she didn't realize she was holding. The AI's gentle follow-up questions helped her explore feelings about her childhood that she'd been avoiding for years.

The Transformation

Over three months with jot:**Emotional awareness increased** by recognizing voice patterns she couldn't see in text**Therapy sessions became more productive** with insights from her voice journaling**Self-compassion grew** through the AI's supportive, non-judgmental responses

"For the first time in ten years, I felt like I was having conversations with myself instead of just documenting my problems."

What Made the Difference

Sarah's therapist noted that her voice journaling revealed emotional nuances that traditional methods missed. The AI's ability to detect subtle changes in tone and pace helped Sarah recognize her emotional states before they overwhelmed her.

Key Insights:

Voice carries emotional information that text cannot captureThe AI Mood Specialist identified patterns across weeks of entriesSpeaking thoughts aloud activated different processing pathways

Moving Forward

Sarah continues using jot alongside therapy. She's experienced breakthrough insights that have fundamentally changed her relationship with herself and her emotional healing journey.

Every voice tells a story. What will yours reveal?

Meet Your AI Mood Specialist

The AI Mood Specialist isn't just another chatbot - it's a sophisticated emotional intelligence system designed to understand and respond to your unique emotional patterns.

How It Works

Voice Analysis Engine

Our proprietary voice analysis technology examines multiple layers of your speech:**Tone and pitch variations** that indicate emotional state**Speaking pace** that reveals stress or excitement levels**Pause patterns** that suggest contemplation or uncertainty**Voice quality** that reflects energy and mood

Contextual Understanding

The AI doesn't just analyze individual entries - it builds a comprehensive understanding of your emotional journey over time.

Responsive Intelligence Features

1. Emotional Pattern Recognition

The AI identifies recurring emotional themes and triggers across your journal entries, helping you understand your emotional cycles.

2. Personalized Insights

Based on your unique patterns, the AI provides tailored observations and gentle guidance that evolves with your emotional growth.

3. Supportive Follow-Up Questions

When the AI detects strong emotions or important themes, it asks thoughtful questions to help you explore your feelings more deeply.

Privacy & Security

Your emotional data is sacred. That's why:**Voice processing happens on-device** - your raw audio never leaves your phone**Encrypted storage** protects all your entries**No third-party sharing** - your data belongs to you alone

The Science Behind the Magic

Our AI is built on breakthrough research in:Computational emotion recognitionNatural language processing for mental healthPersonalized therapeutic intervention models

"The AI Mood Specialist feels like having a therapist who's available 24/7 and never forgets anything we've discussed." - jot user

Continuous Learning

The AI Mood Specialist gets better at understanding you over time, creating an increasingly personalized experience that grows with your emotional intelligence journey.

Ready to meet your AI Mood Specialist?