Periodic Notes

Periodic notes help you build rhythmic recording habits — daily notes capture the day, weekly notes review the week, monthly notes summarize the month.

Daily Notes

Create a Daily Note

Aino LifeOS auto-creates a daily note each day. Click the "Today" shortcut in the left sidebar to open it.

What to Write in Daily Notes?

Recommended content:

## Today's Tasks

- [ ] Finish requirements doc
- [ ] Code review
- [x] Team meeting

## Notes

- Discussed technical approach for new feature
- Confirmed launch next Friday

## Ideas

- Could use AI to auto-generate weekly reports

- [ ] tasks in daily notes are auto-collected by the task inbox.

Tip

Daily notes don't need to be long. 3-5 bullet points are enough. The key is recording consistently every day.

Weekly Notes

Create Weekly Notes

Auto-created weekly, or manually create from the periodic notes navigation.

What to Write?

Review the past week, plan the next:

## Week Review

- Completed 3 tasks
- Encountered database performance issue, resolved

## Next Week Plan

- [ ] New feature development
- [ ] Performance optimization launch

Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly Notes

Same approach, reviewing and planning from longer time perspectives.

Monthly — Goal completion status, next month adjustments Quarterly — Project retrospectives, direction adjustments Yearly — Annual review, next year goals

Use Templates

Set templates for each periodic note type. Auto-filled on creation:

  1. Configure templates in Settings
  2. Templates support dynamic variables like dates
  3. Auto-applied when creating new notes

Auto-Recording to Daily Notes

These features automatically write to your daily notes:

  • Pomodoro — Completed pomodoro records (task name, duration)
  • Clipping — Web content saved from the built-in browser
  • Habits — Habit completion check-ins