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Day One

app · in 10 sources (2018–2020)

Sources by year: 2018: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2020: 6

Also named in the threads: Ali's foundation years as a junior doctor at Addenbrooke's Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital (2018)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

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What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-01-14 · My Favourite iPad Pro Apps (2020) — recommendation: Ali calls Day One the best journaling app for iPad, iOS and Mac; he keeps several journals in it, including his private journal. — 00:07:31
    • When he is feeling sad, Ali flicks through his Day One journal of nice comments from viewers. — 00:08:01
    • Ali keeps a memorabilia journal in Day One: he photographs birthday cards, letters and the like that he wants to throw away, because he does not like keeping paper around. — 00:08:01
  • 2020-01-29 · 48h Study With Me + Highlighting Tips — Ali: On day one Ali is rostered on the maternity day assessment unit, where pregnant women over 24 weeks are assessed for problems such as bleeding, pain or reduced fetal movements. — 00:00:00
    • Before bed Ali writes a diary entry in the Day One app, where he keeps a somewhat regular journal. — 00:05:19
  • 2020-06-21 · A HUGE Unboxing Day — Ali writes his morning pages, about three pages of whatever comes to mind, in his journaling app Day One: they are meant to be handwritten, but that is too slow for him, so he types them; that day he typed 621 words. — 00:00:58
  • 2020-10-01 · What's on my iPhone - Favourite iPhone Apps ft. @KharmaMedic — recommendation: Ali recommends the journaling app Day One: he keeps a journal of nice comments in it, and he or his assistant forwards kind emails to its email address so they appear there automatically. — 00:04:37
  • 2020-11-24 (said on 2020-11-20, implied) · A "Productive" Day in my Life (Lockdown) — Ali wakes at 8.30 and, after a few minutes in bed, begins his morning journaling practice on his iPad Air in the app Day One. — 00:00:00
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

Also named in: How Much Money I Spend in a Week as a 25 Year Old Doctor

2019

  • 2019-01-20 · My Favourite iPad Pro Apps — recommendation: Ali: Day One is Ali's journaling app: he writes down things about his day and adds photos. — 00:03:18
    • Ali keeps a small journal of nice comments in Day One: he screenshots kind comments from viewers and browses them when he is feeling sad. — 00:03:18
  • 2019-05-18 · The Best Productivity Apps for Students — recommendation: Ali calls the journalling app Day One really good and very easy to add entries to; he keeps three different journals in it. — 00:10:41
    • Ali keeps a Day One journal of nice comments: he screenshots kind comments from Instagram or YouTube into it and browses them when he is feeling sad. — 00:11:11
  • 2019-12-11 · What's on my iPhone 11 Pro Max (2020) — Ali: In the journaling app Day One Ali keeps a journal of screenshots of nice comments from YouTube and Instagram, which he looks through as a pick-me-up when he feels sad. — 00:09:12

2018

  • 2018-11-01 · My Favourite iPhone XS Apps — recommendation: Ali keeps his journaling habit in the app Day One, which he really loves. — 00:10:42
    • Day One makes adding to a journal very easy, which matters because, as Ali read on The Sweet Setup, quantity is what makes quality in a journal: the more you add over time, the better it is. — 00:10:42
    • Ali journals in stints, posting every night and then going weeks without; he keeps separate Day One journals for his personal journal, for photos of memorabilia such as birthday cards, and for nice comments from YouTube and Instagram. — 00:11:09