Four years ago, my world shrank. Chronic illness didn’t just change my energy levels; it changed the way I interacted with time, technology, and myself. I found myself staring at clinical, blue-light-heavy medical apps that demanded data points like I was an experiment rather than a person.

They asked for “pain levels” on a scale of 1 to 10, but they never asked how I was feeling mentally, or what small victory I had achieved that day. I started journaling in physical notebooks, thick, creamy paper that felt supportive and kind.

But as my symptoms grew more complex, the notebooks became harder to search. When a specialist asked when a specific flare started, I’d be flipping through hundreds of pages, feeling the pressure of a 15-minute appointment ticking down.

I realized there was a gap between the clinical data doctors needed and the human experience I was living. I needed something that felt as gentle as a paper journal but worked as hard as a medical record.

Body Notes is my attempt to bring the soul of that physical journal into the digital world.

Every pixel of this platform has been designed through the lens of lived experience. For those of us with brain fog, I’ve chosen high-legibility fonts. For those of us with sensory sensitivities, I’ve chosen a muted, natural palette.

I built this for the person who is tired of feeling like they have to “prove” their symptoms. I built it for the person who wants to see the patterns in their life without feeling overwhelmed by the process of tracking them.

Most of all, I built it so you can walk into your next appointment with a summary in hand, knowing exactly what happened since the last time you were there.