3 'No Fail' Ways To Start A Journalling Practice With Tana

Ev Chapman
March 26, 2024

I've always failed at consistent journalling... until I started using Tana. There is something special that makes Tana a perfect digital journaling app. But there is never just one way to start a daily journal practice.

So in this video I wanted to give you 3 different ways that you might start a daily journaling practice in Tana.

Don't worry, this is foolproof - coming from someone who has failed many times to start a consistent practice and now has journaled for well over 18 months consistently.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

1:23 Why Tana is the perfect digital journal app

3:08 The Daily Log Interstitial Journal

4:58 The Enter Anywhere Interstitial Journal

9:41 The Traditional Journal Entry

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