Stoic daily routine is designed to make journaling feel smooth, meaningful, and inspiring. Here’s how your daily flow might look, and how to make the most of stoic’s features each day:
Mood Check-In
Each time you open stoic, you’ll start with a quick mood check-in — a simple way to pause and notice how you feel. Regular mood tracking is widely recognized as a great way to monitor mental well-being, stay grounded, and connect with your inner self.
To enable or disable the mood check-in on app launch, go to:
Your Profile → Appearance → Track Mood on Launch
Daily Check-In or Morning and Evening Reflection
After opening the app, your home screen invites you to complete your daily check-in, either once a day or through the Morning and Evening Reflections.
These reflections help you start your day with intention and end it with clarity.
They’re easy to personalize and adjust — simply scroll to the bottom of your home screen and tap the Personalize button.
Writing Your Journals
Your daily journal is your personal space — and you can use it any way you like. Stoic offers several options:
- Empty Page – for free writing and unfiltered thoughts.
- Custom Templates – for your own preferred structure and subjects.
- Guided Exercises – prepared by specialists for deeper reflections on themes like gratitude, self-understanding, or creativity.
Write as little or as much as you need — every word contributes to your daily mental self-care.
How to Add a Personal Touch to Your Journals
You can easily bring more variety into your journals by styling your writing and adding photos, videos, and other memories.
Here’s how to do it:
- To style your writing, tap the Aa icon above your keyboard and choose the formatting option you like best. You can use Markdown tools to make your text bold, italic, or highlighted, etc.
- To add more memories to your journal, tap the + icon next to Aa to open the options menu. From there, you can attach photos, videos, and other elements to make your entries more personal and expressive.
Staying Organized with Tags
To keep your reflections organized and easy to find, you can add tags to each journal or activity.
Use them to sort entries by mood, topic, or goal — whatever helps you track your journey.
How to create your own tags:
Write your own journal from a custom template, or go to the last screen of any guided journal. On the completion screen, tap + Add Tags.
The tag creation screen will appear. Tap + Create New Tag.
Add a name for your tag and choose an icon from the available options. Tap Save in the top-right corner. To finish, tap Done to complete the action.
Finally, remember to tap Save and Finish on the journal completion screen.
💡 You can also add tags while you’re journaling — perfect if you already know how you’d like to categorize your entry and don’t want to wait until you’re finished writing.
To do this, simply tap the three dots icon in the top-left corner of your journal screen and select Add Tags.
A Bit of Motivation with Streaks and Badges
Consistency is worth celebrating, and stoic makes it easy and fun! You can earn badges for milestones, and build and keep streaks as you journal on a daily basis.
To see all your badges, go to your home screen and tap the fire icon in the top-left corner to open your streak and badges screen.
There, you’ll see which badges you’ve already unlocked and which ones are next to achieve.
To check your daily journaling streak stats, go to the Stats section of this screen, and give yourself a round of applause for your consistency and resilience!
💡 We understand that not everyone enjoys tracking streaks or badges. For some users, it can be distracting or simply not useful. If you prefer a streak- and badge-free experience, you can always turn them off directly on the badges screen.
💡 At stoic, we believe that progress isn’t about perfection — it’s about small steps and steady growth. That’s why you can restore your streak if you miss a day or two, or even more. Simply tap the date on your home screen and complete any missed check-ins. Your streak will regenerate!