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Line-a-Day Journal: five years of memories, one page a day

A 5-year memory journal with a page for every date of the year and five spaces on each, so you can compare the same day across five years.

A five-year memory journal with 366 pages, one for each date including February 29, each with five spaces marked 20__ for the year. Write a line or two each day; from the second year on you'll see earlier years on the same page.

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384 linked pages in the sample
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Line-a-Day Journal five-year memory page

Real pages from this line-a-day journal

Rendered by the same engine that builds yours, in the Blush Boho theme for iPad portrait.

What's inside

The pages, section by section.

Each section gets its own side tab. You can switch any of them off, or add sections from other planners, in the builder.

Days

Line a Day

One page for every date of the year with space for five years.

Five-Year Memory Pagea page for every date

Plus the linked calendar every planner has

Cover and contents · 2 pages
A cover with your name and a linked contents page that every tab returns to.
Year overview · 1 page
Twelve blank month grids to date yourself.
Year goals · 1 page
Your goals and their milestones in one place, filled in by the AI if you use it.
Monthly calendars · every month
A month grid with a focus list and notes. Every date links to its day or week.
Notes · 20 pages
Lined, dotted, grid or blank pages. You choose how many, up to 100.

The sample above comes to 384 pages over 12 months. Yours changes with the months, sections and notes pages you choose.

Who it's for

Who reaches for this one

People who want a journaling habit that takes a minute
Parents recording their children's years
Anyone who loves looking back

AI goal planning

Goals people plan with it

Type a goal like one of these and the AI breaks it into a milestone for each month and a small action for each week, then prints them on your month and week pages. You read and edit every line before you download.

Your goal
Write one line every day this year
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each month
Your goal
Fill in a whole month without missing a day
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each month
Your goal
Keep it going for five years
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each month

Plan my goals

Guide

How to use a line-a-day journal

A line-a-day journal asks for almost nothing: a sentence or two each day. The payoff comes from the second year on, when you write today's line under what you wrote on the same date a year earlier.

Write the year in the first space
Each date's page has five spaces marked 20__. Fill in the current year in the top one.
Keep it to a line or two
What happened, how you felt, something someone said. Short entries are what make it last five years.
Tie it to an existing habit
Write while the kettle boils or just before bed, so it takes no extra decision.
Don't catch up
If you miss a day, leave it blank and write today. A gap is part of the record.
Read the page above
From year two, read last year's line before writing this year's. That's the best part.

What to include in a line-a-day journal

A five-year memory journal needs exactly one thing: a page for every date. This one has:

Calendar

Weekly and monthly pages

Twelve undated month pages and no weekly or daily calendar pages, so it never goes out of date across five years.

Days

Line a Day

366 pages, one for every date from January 1 to December 31 including February 29, each with five yearly spaces.

Five-Year Memory Page · a page for every date

Every section can be switched off in the builder, and sections from other planners can be added.

Digital vs printable line-a-day journal

A digital line-a-day journal is with you every day on a tablet, and your note app's search can find any date or word in seconds. It works well on e-ink tablets too.

Printed, it's a lovely bound book: print it on A5 and have it bound at a print shop, or keep the pages in a ring binder.

Digital sizes: iPad portrait, iPad landscape, Android portrait, Android landscape, E-ink
Printable sizes: A5 print, A4 print, Letter print, Half letter

An example week in a line-a-day journal

One goal, followed through a single week. The milestone and weekly actions are the kind of lines the AI goal step writes onto your month and week pages; the daily notes are what you add by hand.

Goal

Write one line every day this year

Milestone for January

Every day of January written

This week's actions

Write before bed
Keep it to two lines
Leave missed days blank

Jan 1Quiet start to the year. Long walk, soup, an early night.
Jan 2Back to work. Inbox survivable.
Jan 3Missed. Left blank.
Jan 4First run of the year. Cold but good.
Jan 5Mum's birthday call. She laughed at my new year's resolution.

Plan your own goals

Formats

Download it for your device.

Every format is included in the price. Switch between them and download again whenever you like.

iPad — Portrait
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote, ZoomNotes
iPad — Landscape
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo
Android tablet — Portrait
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo, Noteshelf
Android tablet — Landscape
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo
E-ink tablet
reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox, Supernote
Printable — A5
Print at home or at a print shop, fits A5 binders
Printable — A4
Print at home on standard A4 paper
Printable — US Letter
Print at home on US Letter paper
Printable — Half Letter
Fits Happy Planner classic and half-letter discs

Theme

Starts in this look.

Blush Boho

Terracotta, blush and sun-washed arches.

Prefer something else? Pick from 13 themes, including dark mode and an e-ink theme, and change the accent colour.

See all themes

Questions

Line-a-day journal questions

Read the full FAQ

Is this the One Line a Day journal?

No. It's our own five-year memory journal in the same spirit: one short entry a day, five years on each page. It's a digital or printable file, not the printed book of that name.

How do I get to today's page?

Tap the Days tab to open January 1, then use your note app's page thumbnails or search to jump to the date. Pages run in calendar order from January 1 to December 31.

Is there a free line-a-day journal?

You can build this line-a-day journal and flip through every page in your browser for free, with a watermark. The tabs and links work in the preview, so you can check the layout before you pay. The clean PDF is $12 once, or included in Pro at $49 a year for unlimited planners. There is no free download of the full planner.

Does it work with GoodNotes, Notability, Samsung Notes and e-ink tablets?

Yes. Download the iPad size for GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote or ZoomNotes; the Android size for Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil or Xodo; or the E-ink size for reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox and Supernote. The links work in any app that follows PDF links, usually in read mode rather than pen mode. Every size is included in the price.

Can I print the line-a-day journal?

Yes. Choose A5, A4, US Letter or Half Letter in the builder for a printable PDF with a wider inner margin for hole punching. Printable and digital sizes come with the same purchase, so you can use the line-a-day journal on a tablet and print the pages you want on paper.

Does the AI fill in the line-a-day journal for me?

Only the goal parts, and only if you want it to. Type up to six goals and the AI writes a milestone for each month and a short action for each week onto your month and week pages, plus a motto for each month. You can edit every line before you download. Everything else, from the calendar pages to the trackers, is yours to fill in by hand. You can try it 3 times a day without an account.

How many pages is the line-a-day journal?

With the default settings it comes to about 403 pages. That includes 12 month pages, the Line a Day pages and 20 notes pages. Switching off sections makes it shorter, and the builder shows the total as you change things.