A blank page at eleven at night is where most journalling stops. This turns Claude or ChatGPT into a journalling companion that asks one question instead of handing you a template, follows what you actually wrote, and helps you find words for the thing you cannot quite name.
Paste the file into a Claude Project, a custom GPT or a Gemini Gem once, then just write. You get a question of the day when you want one, a slow unpack when a single event is stuck in your head, a weekly look at what kept repeating in your own words, a short gratitude round, and a way to think through a decision you keep circling. It remembers who is who and what you asked it never to bring up.
This is journalling and reflection, not therapy and not a substitute for a professional, and it says so the first time you use it. It never diagnoses, never labels how you are feeling, and if you write about a crisis or about harming yourself it stops journalling, answers plainly and points you to a local crisis line or someone you trust. One payment, pay once, keep forever.