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Oct 25 · 9:12 PM

A slower Sunday

Walked the long way home from the market and didn’t check my phone once. The light on the river at five was the colour of weak tea, and for a minute I wasn’t planning anything at all.

Note to self: more of this.

Calm

Grateful

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Sun · Oct 25

Good evening, Maya

Tonight’s prompt

What felt lighter today than it did a week ago?

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12-day streak

This week

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A slower Sunday

Yesterday · 4 min read

Notes from the train

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Sun · Oct 25

Good evening, Maya

Tonight’s prompt

What felt lighter today than it did a week ago?

Begin entry

12-day streak

This week

Recent

A slower Sunday

Yesterday · 4 min read

Notes from the train

Thu · 2 min read

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Sunday

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Oct 25 · 9:12 PM

A slower Sunday

Walked the long way home from the market and didn’t check my phone once. The light on the river at five was the colour of weak tea, and for a minute I wasn’t planning anything at all.

Note to self: more of this.

Calm

Grateful

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62 words

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October

Your month, gently

Entries

18 this month

Oct 12

Oct 25

4,218

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day streak

You write most on Sunday evenings, and “calm” shows up twice as often after a walk.

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Sun · Oct 25

Good evening, Maya

Tonight’s prompt

What felt lighter today than it did a week ago?

Begin entry

12-day streak

This week

Recent

A slower Sunday

Yesterday · 4 min read

Notes from the train

Thu · 2 min read

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First swim of summer

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A slower Sunday

Walked the long way home from the market…

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Lisbon, October 2026

We built Ebb because every journal we bought ended up half empty by February. Not for lack of things to say, but because a blank page at ten at night feels like homework.

So we made the smallest version of the habit we could think of: one question, one evening at a time. No streaks to protect, no feed to scroll, nobody to perform for.

If you write one line tonight, that counts. We’ll be here tomorrow too.

Nora & Sam

Nora Lind and Sam Okafor, who make Ebb

A note from the makers

Lisbon, October 2026

We built Ebb because every journal we bought ended up half empty by February. Not for lack of things to say, but because a blank page at ten at night feels like homework.

So we made the smallest version of the habit we could think of: one question, one evening at a time. No streaks to protect, no feed to scroll, nobody to perform for.

If you write one line tonight, that counts. We’ll be here tomorrow too.

Nora & Sam

Nora Lind and Sam Okafor, who make Ebb

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I’ve started a dozen journals over the years. Ebb is the first one I’ve kept for a whole year.
Priya N.
Teacher, Leeds
The prompt does the hard part. I just answer it and go to sleep a little lighter.
Jonah R.
Night-shift nurse
No streak guilt is the feature. I skipped a week in August and Ebb simply welcomed me back.
Amara O.
Product designer
Seeing my moods by month changed how I plan my weeks. Sundays are sacred now.
Daniel K.
Founder, two-person studio
Voice notes on the walk home, transcribed by the time I’m through the door. It feels like magic.
Sofia M.
Architect
Private, calm, beautifully made. It’s like a paper notebook that remembers for you.
Hannah L.
Writer

I’ve started a dozen journals over the years. Ebb is the first one I’ve kept for a whole year.
Priya N.
Teacher, Leeds
The prompt does the hard part. I just answer it and go to sleep a little lighter.
Jonah R.
Night-shift nurse
No streak guilt is the feature. I skipped a week in August and Ebb simply welcomed me back.
Amara O.
Product designer
Seeing my moods by month changed how I plan my weeks. Sundays are sacred now.
Daniel K.
Founder, two-person studio
Voice notes on the walk home, transcribed by the time I’m through the door. It feels like magic.
Sofia M.
Architect
Private, calm, beautifully made. It’s like a paper notebook that remembers for you.
Hannah L.
Writer

I’ve started a dozen journals over the years. Ebb is the first one I’ve kept for a whole year.
Priya N.
Teacher, Leeds
The prompt does the hard part. I just answer it and go to sleep a little lighter.
Jonah R.
Night-shift nurse
No streak guilt is the feature. I skipped a week in August and Ebb simply welcomed me back.
Amara O.
Product designer
Seeing my moods by month changed how I plan my weeks. Sundays are sacred now.
Daniel K.
Founder, two-person studio
Voice notes on the walk home, transcribed by the time I’m through the door. It feels like magic.
Sofia M.
Architect
Private, calm, beautifully made. It’s like a paper notebook that remembers for you.
Hannah L.
Writer

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How are you, really?

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Sun · Oct 25

Good evening, Maya

Tonight’s prompt

What felt lighter today than it did a week ago?

Begin entry

12-day streak

This week

Recent

A slower Sunday

Yesterday · 4 min read

Notes from the train

Thu · 2 min read

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Sunday

Done

Oct 25 · 9:12 PM

A slower Sunday

Walked the long way home from the market and didn’t check my phone once. The light on the river at five was the colour of weak tea, and for a minute I wasn’t planning anything at all.

Note to self: more of this.

Calm

Grateful

+ Tag

62 words