Journaling can support emotional well-being by helping individuals reflect on their thoughts and experiences. However, reviewing long-term journal entries can be time-consuming and cognitively demanding. As a result, people may struggle to identify recurring emotional patterns, meaningful life events, or changes in their well-being over time.
Dearly, an AI-based mobile app offers a promising way to support reflective journaling by helping users synthesize large amounts of personal writing into meaningful summaries, themes, and patterns.
This project concept was collaboratively developed by Kaitlyn Elliot, Ashley Norman and Mariann Salinas. Each team member independently designed the prototype, showcasing their unique interpretation of the app.