What is a daily page?
A daily page is the habit of creating one file for today, then writing everything into it — tasks, observations, things you looked up, thoughts that crossed your mind.
Gathering your scattered “thoughts of the day” into one place lets you organize your head and keep a record at the same time. TextTree’s folder-based structure makes it a natural fit for building up daily pages over time.
To create today’s file, Ctrl+drag yesterday’s file in the tree to copy it — then just update the date.
Example folder structure
Journal/
2025/
01/
2025-01-06.txt
2025-01-07.txt
05/
2025-05-28.txt
2025-05-29.txt
2025-05-30.txt
A two-level year → month structure lets you trace any past entry quickly from the left tree. Putting the date in the file name means files automatically sort in chronological order.
What to write
There are no fixed rules. Write your plan for the day in the morning, or write a reflection at night — whatever works for you.
Example format:
[Today's tasks]
- Draft proposal for project X
- Reply to Y
- Prepare for weekly meeting
[Notes & observations]
- Starting with the conclusion makes proposals faster to write
- Project Y pushed to next week
[Tomorrow's tasks]
- Continue project Y
You can also use it as a time log by inserting timestamps as you work (Alt+S → Time).
Tips for sticking with it
- Don’t aim for perfection — blank days are fine. Even “nothing much today” is enough.
- Keep file names as just the date — zero cost to name the file.
- Browse old files occasionally — glancing at the stack of files in the tree shows you how your thinking has evolved.
The concept of the daily page was popularized by Ryder Carroll’s Bullet Journal method.