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Cuttings

A notebook for the minutes after therapy. Take a few pieces from each session, and grow them.

Saved on this device only. What you write is never uploaded.

You're looking at example entries. Your first saved session replaces them.

Log a session

About 60 seconds. Fill in whatever you remember and skip the rest.

Session date

How do you feel right now?

One thing I realized

Something my therapist said · goes into your deck

Something to try this week · shows up before next session

Didn't finish or want to bring up next time · one per line

Before next session

Read this in the waiting room.

Bring up

Something came up during the week? Park it here.

Recent sessions

Paste it into a message or your notes app.

Their words

Things your therapist said, kept for the days you need them. Shuffle for one.

All cards (0)

Add one you remembered later

Lock-screen reminder

Turn this week's takeaway into your phone wallpaper, so you see it every time you pick up your phone.

Text

Colours

Small label above

Or long-press (phone) or right-click (computer) the preview to save it.

Things I no longer believe

Old stories you've put down. Reread this list when therapy feels like it isn't working.

I used to believe

Now I think

Keep your notebook safe

You haven't saved a backup yet.

The backup is a readable file you can also share with your therapist. Restoring only adds what's missing, so it never overwrites what you already have.

Phones can clear website data on their own. iPhones do it after about a week without a visit. Adding Cuttings to your home screen keeps your notes much safer.

Everything you write stays in this browser on this device. There is no account, and your words are never sent anywhere, so clearing your browser data erases them. We count visits and button taps anonymously so we know what's useful. That count never includes anything you type. Save a backup now and then to keep a copy.

This is a notebook, not treatment. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or your local emergency number.

Add Cuttings to your home screen

Open pottering.life/cuttings in Safari and tap the Share button (a square with an arrow). On newer iPhones, tap ••• first, then Share.
Scroll down the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add. Cuttings now has its own icon on your home screen.
Bring your notes with you. On iPhone the home-screen Cuttings starts empty, because it keeps its own separate storage. In Safari, tap Save a backup first. Then open Cuttings from your home screen and tap Restore from a backup.

Open pottering.life/cuttings in Chrome and tap the ⋮ menu in the top corner.
Tap Add to home screen. On some phones it's called Install app.
Tap Install (or Add). Cuttings appears on your home screen.
Your notes come with you. On Android the home-screen Cuttings shares Chrome's storage, so everything you've written is already there. Clearing Chrome's browsing data still erases it, so keep saving backups.