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Mood Journal

Use the arrow keys to move by day or week, and Page Up or Page Down to move by month. Press Enter to edit the selected day. Hold Alt and use the arrow keys to rotate the garden, hold Shift and use the arrow keys to pan, use plus and minus to zoom, and press T or Home to select today.

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Mood Journal

Write a line about your day, pick how it felt, and watch the year grow into a garden you can walk through. Your journal stays in your browser.

Questions

Where is my journal stored?

Entirely in this browser, under a single local-storage key. There is no account and no server ever receives an entry — not your moods, your flowers, or a word you write. The site itself uses Google Analytics for anonymous page counts, which never includes journal content. Clearing site data erases everything, so export a JSON backup from the Journal panel if it matters to you.

How many flowers can I choose from?

96 species across four moods — Joy, Blue, Curious and Calm. Every one is hand-drawn, searchable by name, family or colour, and can be favourited from the Flowers panel.

Can one day have more than one flower?

Yes. Each day holds 1 to 8 flowers, set with the Blooms in this plot control while you write. Zoom into a month and the plot shows every one of them.

What is the difference between a draft and a planted day?

A draft keeps your writing without adding anything to the garden — useful for a day you are still thinking about. Planting the day grows its flower on the calendar. Drafts are counted separately in the Journal panel.

Can I get my writing back out?

Two ways, both in the Journal panel: a JSON backup that re-imports into Mood Journal with everything intact, and a CSV of every entry and draft for a spreadsheet.

What does the sample garden do?

It fills a year with example entries so you can see a full garden before writing anything. It is read-only and completely separate from your own journal — nothing in it mixes into your entries.

Is there a keyboard shortcut for moving around?

With the garden focused: arrow keys move a day, up and down move a week, Page Up and Page Down move a month, Home jumps to today, Enter opens the writing panel, and plus and minus zoom.

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