A dim lantern in deep navy dark
The Keeper · 28 July 2026

How to keep a journal actually private

Who could actually read your journal app's entries? A plain-English threat model, and the questions worth asking any journal app before you trust it.

The My Lighthouse badge glowing against a deep sea night
The Keeper · 16 July 2026

An AI that reads your journal: the rules it has to follow

An AI companion in a journal is an intimacy problem before it's a technology problem. The six rules the Keeper follows, and why each one exists.

Patterns emerge from 90 days of mood data
The Keeper · 24 June 2026

Reading your own patterns — what 90 days of data shows you

Three weeks is noise. Three months is a map. The four patterns to look for — and the one to be careful about.

Pillars vs goals — the difference
The Keeper · 22 June 2026

Why most goals fail — and what pillars do differently

Goals expire. Pillars hold. Why almost every January resolution dies in March — and what to do instead.

A quiet weekly review ritual
The Keeper · 20 June 2026

The Sunday review — a 10-minute weekly reset

Daily check-ins miss the bigger picture. A short weekly review surfaces what no single day can.

Picking up a habit after a missed day
The Keeper · 18 June 2026

How to handle the day you miss without breaking the practice

The streak isn't the point. The recovery is. Here's the one rule that keeps people going past their first miss.

Journaling prompts for when the page is blank
The Keeper · 16 June 2026

What to write when you don't know what to write

The blank-page problem solved — five prompts that always have an answer, and the one thing to avoid writing about.

Tracking how you feel over time
The Keeper · 14 June 2026

The hidden cost of not tracking how you feel

You think you remember your moods. You don't. Here's what changes when you actually write them down.

Seasons shift; pillars hold
The Keeper · 12 June 2026

Why your priorities feel seasonal — and what holds when they do

Your needs really do shift by season. That's exactly why the year-long pillar earns its keep — it holds ground when the season pulls.

Noticing when you have drifted off course
The Keeper · 10 June 2026

How to notice when you're drifting (before it's too late)

The quiet, almost invisible signals that say you've drifted off your values — and a simple weekly check to catch them.

A short evening journaling ritual
The Keeper · 8 June 2026

The 2-minute evening journal that beats hour-long sessions

Why a tight, two-minute ritual sticks where ambitious morning pages don't — and the three lines worth writing.

Choosing your five life pillars
The Keeper · 6 June 2026

How to choose the 5 pillars of your life (and not pick wrong)

A short, surprisingly hard exercise for working out which areas of your life you actually want to track this season.

Journaling and tracking
Stefan · 24 January 2024

Our approach to journaling

How tracking and journaling work together to deepen self-awareness, surface insights, and turn intention into action.

Time management techniques
Stefan · 7 October 2023

Effective time management techniques for your personality type

Five popular ways to prioritise — Eisenhower, Pareto, Kanban, MIT and Pomodoro — and how to pick the one that fits you.

Living authentically
Stefan · 1 October 2023

Living authentically: how to be true to yourself

On self-reflection, courage and the quiet rewards of aligning your daily life with what you actually value.