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5 Minute Journal
Daily journaling
5 Minute Journal sweats the small details — emoji faces that animate as you pick a mood, and copy that shifts tense depending on which day you're logging an entry for.
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Emoji faces animate as you select a mood, so the input mirrors the emotion being logged
The 'day rating' block changes its tense depending on which day the entry is for
Micro-copy and micro-animation stop a repetitive daily input from reading like a form
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Last updated: 27/08/2026
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