Daily Desk
Calendar-based interface for daily journaling and weekly planning
The Daily Desk is a calendar-based interface for daily journaling and weekly planning. Each day maps to a single Markdown file, and each week can have its own note too.
The Calendar
Open the Daily Desk from the bottom navigation bar. You'll see a vertically scrollable calendar organized by month. It spans from 2015 to 2035.
Each day is a tappable cell. Tap a date to open its daily note — if one doesn't exist yet, it's created automatically.
Indicators
- Dot — a small accent-colored dot below a date means a note already exists for that day.
- Highlighted cell — today's date has a distinct background so you can always spot it.
Week Numbers
The left column shows week numbers (labeled "WN" in the header). Tap a week number to open or create that week's note.
Daily Notes
Daily notes are stored as:
Daily/2026-04-15.md
The filename is always YYYY-MM-DD. When you tap a date, Octarine opens the note at that path — creating it if needed.
Weekly Notes
Weekly notes are stored as:
Daily/Weekly/2026-W16.md
The filename uses the ISO week number format YYYY-W##. Tap a week number in the calendar's left column to open it.
Navigation
- Year selector — a dropdown in the header lets you jump to a specific year.
- Today button — the circular button in the header scrolls the calendar back to the current month and highlights today.
Searching by Date
The search field at the top of the Daily Desk accepts natural language. You can type things like:
todayyesterdaytomorrow3 days agonext fridayjan 2024
The calendar scrolls to the matched date. This same natural language parsing works in the Command Bar — type a date phrase there to jump straight to a daily note from anywhere.