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Dear Life Noters,
How have you been? It’s been a little while since our last update. I hope you’ve been taking good care of yourself.
If the world feels too fast and noisy, remember you can turn down what doesn’t serve you—and make a little room for joy, slowness, and self-reflection.
If you need a place to share what's on your mind or to discuss journaling, mindfulness, or the journey of individuation, our Discord is recently getting more active. Shout out to Ron, LiSauce, NonChalance, and many others!
Also, many of you asked for a guide to make the most of Life Note, and here it is! It covers the core features and the philosophy behind the design choices.
Dark Mode, Web Redesigned, and More
Alright, let's dig into the recent updates that came to Life Note!
1) Mobile Dark Mode: Now you can reflect in the evening or in bed without hurting your eyes. And yes—the new dark theme is beautiful to look at.
2) Web Homepage Redesign: The previous web design hid many useful features that only long-time users knew how to find, which left newer visitors feeling lost. With the new redesign, you can now easily access all the essential tools for your journaling and reflection. If you are a mobile user and haven't tried the web, you definitely should!
3) Share Your Wisdom In Style: There are now many more styles to share your Wisdom with the latest updates. The Wisdom Collection on your homepage also has an improved display that lets you shuffle through your Wisdom at random.
4) Web: Chat With Multiple Mentors: The web chat interface now supports multiple tabs, making it easier than ever to get different perspectives by chatting with multiple mentors.
5) Better Journal References: No more ugly 📝 Past Entry button. Past journal references now have their own dedicated section, along with clean, non-distracting inline citations.
6) Inner Wisdom Upgrade: Inner Wisdom chat now supports highlighting, and you can select Inner Wisdom as your mentor for your journal. Inner Wisdom is a powerful way to chat with all your past journal entries. It speaks to you as a wiser version of yourself by analyzing your past entries and responding to your current journal.
Life Note Community News
One Life Note member shared that, after seven years of intractable agoraphobia, she stepped outside again—and has since gone to two concerts. Another wrote that he lived his values for six consecutive days—his first time doing so in six months of practicing ACT’s “living my values.”
Most of us are engaged—whether we name it or not—in the long work of becoming whole. And when one person speaks honestly of what was once hidden, it really gives the rest of us permission and power to do the same, so I thought I'd share the stories with the whole community.
If you have a story you’d like to share—anonymously if you prefer—send it to me, or share it in Discord. I may feature it in a future newsletter!
Until next time : )
Namaste,
Daniel W. Chen | Founder of Life Note
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把夜晚留給自己：深色模式來囉
親愛的 Life Noters，
最近過得還好嗎？距離上次更新也隔了一段時間了。希望你這陣子有好好照顧自己。
如果世界最近感覺太快或太吵了，記得把沒有服務你的東西關掉—在日常裡留點空間給喜悅、慢生活、與帶給你能量的自我反思。
而若你最近需要一個地方分享近況，或想聊日記、正念、或「個體化」這條路，我們的 Discord 最近變活躍了。特別感謝 Ron、LiSauce、NonChalance，還有很多默默在那裡陪伴彼此的大家！
另外，很多人敲碗想要一份「Life Note 使用指南」—第一版在這裡！裡面除了講述核心功能，也解釋了我們每個設計選擇背後的哲學與用意，未來會不斷地更新。
深色模式、網頁改版，以及更多
好，來介紹這次 Life Note 的二月更新！
1) 手機深色模式
現在你可以在晚上、甚至躺在床上反思，不用再被白光刺眼。是的，新的深色主題真的很好看。
2) 網頁首頁重新設計
過去的網頁設計把很多好用功能藏得太深，只有老用戶才知道去哪找，新來的朋友常常會覺得迷路。這次改版後，你可以更直覺地找到所有日記與反思需要的核心工具。如果你平常只用手機、還沒試過網頁版，你應該試試。
3) 更有風格地分享你的智慧
這次更新新增了更多「智慧分享」樣式。你首頁的 智慧收藏 也更好看、更好翻閱，偶爾讓你被自己的智慧驚喜到吧。
4) 網頁版：可同時跟多位導師聊天
網頁聊天介面現在支援多分頁（tabs）。想同一個問題問不同導師、拿不同視角，比以前方便多囉。
5) 更好的過往日記引用
再見了醜醜的 📝 過去日記 按鈕。現在過往日記引用有自己專屬的區塊，並搭配乾淨、不干擾閱讀的行內引用標示，記得升級到最新版喔。
6) 內在智慧升級
內在智慧聊天現在支援重點智慧收藏。你也可以在寫日記時直接選內在智慧當回應導師。「內在智慧」會翻閱你所有過去的日記，把你當成「更成熟、更清醒的自己」來回應你—它會分析你的過去脈絡，並對你當下的日記做出貼近、具體的回應。
Life Note 社群故事
一位 Life Note 用戶分享：在與嚴重廣場恐懼症纏鬥了七年後，她終於再次踏出家門，並已經去看了兩場演唱會。另一位成員則寫道：他連續 6 天都做到了「活出自己的價值」，這是他練習 ACT（接納與承諾治療）中的「living my values」六個月以來第一次達成。
我們都在走一條「成為更完整的自己」的道路。而當有人願意把在黑暗中的東西攤在陽光下分享出來，它會給我們其他人一種力量：原來不只我有黑暗面，我也可以更坦然吧？所以我想把這些故事分享給大家。
如果你也有一段想分享的故事—匿名與否—你可以直接寫信給我，或發在 Discord。未來的 newsletter 我也可能會把它放上來，讓更多人得到鼓勵！
下次見 : )
Namaste,
Daniel W. Chen｜Life Note 創辦人
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