Daily Entries
A dated note per day. memrynote creates one on demand and remembers where you left off.
Opening Today
Open Journal from the sidebar, or use ⌘+⇧+E if you've remapped it that way. By default memrynote opens today's entry.
If today's entry doesn't exist yet, it's created on first focus, seeded by your default journal template.
Writing
The same BlockNote editor is used for journal entries — slash commands, markdown shortcuts, wiki links, attachments, AI inline. Anything you can do in a note works here too.
Journal entries also share note review tools: selection comments and the aligned right review rail. See Comments.
Use Add property or Add tag above the date heading to organize a daily entry before writing.
Full-Width Mode
A toggle in the journal header widens the writing column. Useful on big monitors when the default narrow column feels cramped.
Sidebar Toggles
Show or hide the journal sidebar panes from Settings → Journal:
- Schedule — calendar / events for the focused date
- Tasks — tasks due that day
- AI Connections — semantically related entries (requires AI enabled)
Stats Footer
If enabled, the editor footer shows:
- Word count
- Character count
- Entries this week / month
Toggle from Settings → Journal.
Navigating Days
| How | Action |
|---|---|
| Header arrows | Previous / next day |
| Left / right arrow keys | Previous / next day when the editor is not focused |
| Date breadcrumb | Click for the date picker |
| Day Panel | Calendar grid; click any date |
| Calendar nav | Day / month / year views |
When the journal editor is focused, arrow keys stay inside the editor. Press Esc to leave the editor, then use the left / right arrow keys to move between days.
See Calendar Navigation for the larger views.
Wiki Linking from Today
You can wiki-link to other journal entries: [[2026-05-07]] resolves to that day's entry. Backlinks work the same as for notes.
What If I Skip a Day?
Nothing. memrynote doesn't pad missing days with empty entries. Calendar heatmaps show genuine activity, not noise.
Sync
Journal entries sync as Yjs CRDTs (same as notes). Two devices writing on the same date during a flight merge cleanly when they reconnect.
If two devices create same-date entries with different IDs (rare, but possible during long offline stretches), memrynote keeps both and renames one to disambiguate. See CRDT & Notes Sync for the underlying behavior.