Start with today's page

A blank page that already knows the date

When you open mindwtr, you land on today. Not a dashboard of unread badges. Not a pile of stale lists. A quiet canvas dated for the day you are in.

That single choice sets the tone: writing comes first.

Why daily pages help

A dated page removes the naming tax. You do not invent a title before you have a thought. You write, and the day holds the words.

Over time those pages become a personal archive — searchable through the library, linkable from other notes, and visible on the graph when ideas recur.

A simple ritual

1. Open mindwtr in the morning or whenever a thought arrives.
2. Write a few lines without organizing them yet.
3. When a person, project, or concept shows up twice, link it with [[.

You can always refine later. The point of today is capture with calm.

Keep profiles intentional

If you keep separate lives — work thinking and personal journaling — create another profile. Each profile has its own today page and library, so the streams stay clean.

What improves over a week

People who stick with a daily page often notice three shifts:

1. Less lost context — unfinished thoughts have a home instead of living in chat drafts.
2. Faster starts — opening the app is the ritual; naming a note is optional.
3. Better evening review — a dated page is easy to skim before tomorrow begins.

If a topic outgrows the day, move it into a freeform note and leave a wiki link behind. Today's page stays light; the library holds the durable work.