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PRO Paid Features

When you reply to your Dabble Me email, just attach photos to the email and they'll be saved with your entry. You can also add photos on the website when you edit an entry. You can add up to 5 photos per entry (they will create a collage). Dabble Me supports JPEG, GIF, PNG, and HEIC/HEIF (mobile) formats.
When viewing the entries page, you'll see a pencil icon in the top right of each entry. Clicking that icon takes you to the edit page. There's a delete button (trash icon) on the edit page in case you'd like to delete your entry.
Yes! PRO members can write entries on the website for any date. Simply click "WRITE" at the top of the page when logged in.
Use the "Copy Link" feature in Spotify and paste those links (either dropping in the full URL or as a hyperlink) to your entry and you'll see them embedded right on the web, ready to listen to. Dabble Me will also pull out the artist & song title and send those alongside your entries in your reminder emails.
Yes! PRO members can visit the Importer to import entries from OhLife, Ahhlife, and Trailmix.life.
If something doesn’t feel right, email us at [email protected] within 30 days of the charge and we’ll take care of it. Refunds are handled case by case, and we always follow applicable laws.
If you downgrade to a free account, your existing entries will remain private and accessible only to you, but you will lose access to the premium features.

General Questions

Yes, by design. Your entries can’t be shared, posted, fed into AI models, or made public in any way...and they're never at risk of being indexed by search engines. There's no social layer and no audience — just your journal, kept private and secure. If you want the details, our Privacy Policy spells this out clearly.
No — and that’s intentional. There’s no Dabble Me app in the App Store or Google Play. Most people write by replying to the daily email using the email app they already have on their phone. The website is fully mobile-friendly if you ever want to browse or edit entries.
Yes. The core experience is free, forever. You'll receive an email prompt every other Sunday and can reply by email to keep your journal. When you want daily prompts, photos, search, and other tools, you can upgrade to PRO for $4/month or $40/year.
  • The One Framework — if journaling feels overwhelming, start here. Every evening, write just three things: 1 win from the day, 1 point of tension or stress, and 1 bit of gratitude. That's it. Five minutes, no pressure, and you'll start to see patterns in what lifts you up and what weighs you down. Popularized by Sahil Bloom, this simple framework makes journaling finally stick.
  • Travel Log — capture the places you go while you're still there. The name of that tiny restaurant, the street performer who made you cry, the wrong turn that led to the best view of the trip. Use #Paris or #RoadTrip2025 to group your adventures, and when the daily email resurfaces that random Tuesday in Tokyo three years later, you'll be right back on that train platform.
  • Relationship Time Capsule — write about the people you love while the moments are fresh. The thing your partner said that made you laugh, the weird inside joke your best friend started, the look on your mom's face when you surprised her. Tag entries with #Sarah or #Dad and build a searchable archive of the people who matter most—one that will guarantee you future smiles.
  • Career Wins & Lessons — it's easy to forget what you've accomplished at work by the time performance reviews roll around. Jot down the projects you crushed, the feedback you received, the hard conversations you navigated. Tag with #Work or #Promotion, and when you need to update your resume or negotiate a raise, you'll have receipts.
  • Gratitude Before Bed — end each day with one thing you're thankful for and tag it with #Gratitude. Over time, you'll build a searchable database of hundreds of small joys. When a tough day hits, scroll back through your gratitude entries and remember: your life is fuller than it feels right now.
No. There is a private beta with built-in AI-powered features, but they are entirely opt-in and turned off by default.
If you'd like to use AI to analyze your entries, you can easily export your full journal (or just part of it) at any time and use it with your own AI tools for analysis or reflection.
You can download a copy of your entries at any time from the bottom of the settings page. Export as plain text (TXT) or JSON (with rich formatting).
If you delete your account, all of your entries and your account data will be permanently deleted from active systems within a reasonable period, subject to backup retention and legal requirements.
You can export your data at any time from the settings page.
Things work differently on your first day. Instead of sending the email at your scheduled time, we send your first email right when you sign up. After your first day, you'll always get your email according to your settings.
Yes! Each reply just gets added to that day's entry. Write throughout the day if you'd like.
If you leave the subject line blank, the date will be today's date. If you want to adjust the date, you can add a subject line with the date in the format of January 2, 2024 and Dabble Me will use that date instead. Another acceptable format is 2024-12-22 (YYYY-MM-DD).
Ignore them if you want; they're just little quotes or questions that might inspire you to write. Entries inspired by these prompts will be tagged with a lightbulb icon that you can hover over to see the inspiration.
👋 Hi! I'm Paul Arterburn. I built and maintain Dabble Me, and I'm also the VP of Engineering at Unreasonable Group helping entrepreneurs bend history in the right direction. Previously, I was the technical co-founder of Brandfolder, a digital asset management platform powering some of the biggest brands in the world.
I created Dabble Me primarily for myself as a way to remember and reflect on the days in a format that would actually trigger me to write — over email. Read about why and how I built Dabble Me in a blog post: Increase Your Happiness with Daily Journaling.
I built Dabble Me as an experienced developer with privacy and security in mind from the start. It's not a rushed AI side project or a growth experiment. It's independently run, funded by its users for over 12 years, and designed to keep your journal private. No investors. No selling your data. Just a simple, trustworthy place to write. The code is also open-sourced on GitHub.