Highlights
The Highlights workspace is where you capture meaningful moments — achievements, milestones, experiences, and memories worth remembering. Each highlight carries an importance level so you can distinguish everyday wins from life-changing events.
Think of Highlights as your personal hall of fame. When you look back months or years from now, these are the entries that tell the story of what mattered most.
Purpose
Highlights are designed for moments that stand out from your daily routine:
- Achievements — Completed a project, hit a fitness goal, shipped a feature
- Milestones — Birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, graduations
- Experiences — A concert that moved you, a conversation that changed your thinking
- Gratitude moments — Times you felt especially thankful or lucky
- Small victories — Overcame a fear, handled a difficult situation well
Metadata
Highlights have one unique metadata field beyond the shared fields (title, content, tags, people, date):
Importance Level
Rate each highlight by how significant it is:
| Level | When to Use | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| High | Life-changing or rare events | Got promoted, bought a house, had a child |
| Medium | Notable moments worth remembering | Great dinner with friends, finished a book, personal best at the gym |
| Low | Small wins and everyday positives | Good coffee, nice weather walk, compliment from a stranger |
Set the importance level from the metadata dropdown on the Write page. It defaults to no selection, so you can leave it unset if you prefer.
Don’t overthink importance levels. They are a rough filter, not a precise ranking. The goal is to make it easier to find your biggest moments when browsing later.
Creating a Highlight
Open the Write Page
Navigate to /write or press Ctrl/Cmd + W.
Select “Highlight” Type
Use the entry type dropdown at the top of the editor and choose Highlight.
You can also go directly to /write?type=highlight.
Set Importance (Optional)
Choose High, Medium, or Low from the importance dropdown.
Write Your Entry
Describe the moment. Use #tags for context and @mentions for people involved.
Finally finished the marathon today! 26.2 miles in 4:12:33.
Months of training with @Coach-Mike paid off. The last 6 miles
were brutal but the crowd energy at mile 20 carried me through.
#running #marathon #achievement #fitnessAuto-Save
Your highlight saves automatically. Check the cloud indicator in the header.
The Highlights Workspace Page
Navigate to Highlights in the sidebar or go to /highlights to view all your highlight entries.
What You See
- Entry cards sorted by date, newest first
- Importance indicator displayed on each card (High, Medium, Low)
- Content preview showing the first few lines of each entry
- Tags and people visible at a glance
- Star indicator on starred entries
Filtering
You can filter highlights by importance level to focus on your biggest moments or browse your everyday wins.
Use Cases
Achievements
Tracking Achievements
Record accomplishments as they happen so you never forget them:
Shipped v2.0 of the product today. Six months of work
with @Alice and @Bob. Client response has been incredible.
#work #launch #team-effortSet importance to High for career-defining wins and Medium for solid accomplishments.
Tips for Effective Highlights
1. Capture It Now
Write highlights the same day they happen. Details fade quickly, and the emotional context is freshest right after the moment.
2. Include Sensory Details
What did you see, hear, or feel? Specific details make highlights vivid when you revisit them months later.
3. Tag People Involved
Use @mentions generously. When you look back, knowing who shared the moment with you adds meaning.
4. Use Importance Honestly
Not everything is High importance. Giving most highlights a Medium or Low rating makes the truly significant ones stand out.
5. Star the Best
Combine starring with importance for a two-tier system: importance rates the event, starring marks the entries you want to revisit most.
6. Review Monthly
Browse your highlights at the end of each month. You will often find you had a better month than you remembered.
Highlights are one of the most rewarding workspaces to revisit over time. A few minutes of writing today becomes a meaningful record of your life.