The Journaling Tool for a Better Work-Life Experience
Journaling isn't just for the end of the day - it's for the moments that shape your work life. Reflect, adapt, and thrive, one entry at a time.
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Why are some workdays great and others feel overwhelming?
Some days, everything flows smoothly, while other days feel like an uphill battle. When you're not in tune with your emotions, it’s hard to understand why you feel frustrated, stressed, or drained - and even harder to do something about it.
- Mounting stress: The pressure builds, and tasks feel endless.
- Growing frustration: You're stuck, but you can’t figure out why.
- Lost passion: The joy you once had for your work slowly fades.
Burnout is just around the corner.
Gain emotional clarity and take control of your workday.
Calmly helps you pause, identify, and label your emotions so you can understand what’s driving your feelings and take action before stress or frustration takes over. With regular check-ins and guided reflections, you’ll build emotional resilience and stay in control, even on tough days.
2x more likely to get promoted
Understanding and managing your emotions leads to better decision-making, teamwork, and leadership skills, all key to career growth.
50% less likely to experience burnout
By recognizing stress before it escalates, you can take proactive steps to protect your mental health and sustain long-term productivity.
“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
How Calmly Helps You Build Emotional Self-Awareness
Calmly helps you build emotional self-awareness by performing regular check-ins, prompting you to pause and reflect on how you're feeling. Over time, it increases your emotional vocabulary, giving you more clarity to understand what's really going on beneath the surface.
Works right out of the browser
Calmly fits right into your workday, operating directly within your browser, no extra tools necessary.
Daily emotional check-ins
Each day, Calmly prompts you to answer how you're feeling and guides you in exploring why. This helps you uncover emotional triggers and patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed.
AI-powered reviews
Calmly helps you reflect over time by providing AI-powered reviews of your emotional trends. This helps you uncover patterns and insights that can lead to more self-awareness.
“When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.”
Why Emotional Self-Awareness Pays Off
By building emotional self-awareness, you gain the focus and clarity to excel at your work, navigate challenges with confidence, and unlock new career opportunities. At the same time, it helps you manage stress and prevent burnout, so you stay energised and engaged.
Unlock deeper focus and creativity
When you understand your emotions, you can cut through mental clutter and perform at your peak, even in high-stress situations.
Fast-track your career growth
By mastering your emotional responses, you'll stand out as a strong leader, making it easier to seize new opportunities and grow your influence.
Become resilient to workplace stress
Instead of letting stress control you, emotional awareness gives you the tools to adapt and bounce back from tough moments.
Why I'm Building Calmly
As a software engineer, I’ve experienced the intense pressure of tight deadlines, the frustration of feeling stuck, and the emotional drain that comes from juggling constant demands. One moment I’d be energised and in the zone, and the next I’d be completely burnt out. It was hard to understand why, and even harder to find a solution that didn’t involve just pushing through.
I hit a point where the burnout became too much. I remember one specific week where I couldn’t shake this overwhelming feeling of exhaustion, even though I wasn’t working any harder than usual. I started questioning whether I was even in the right career. That’s when I realised: I wasn’t managing my emotions - I was being controlled by them.
I built Calmly because emotional self-awareness has been my key to breaking free from this cycle. Understanding my emotional triggers allowed me to approach my work with more focus, clarity, and resilience. I want other engineers to experience that same relief - to stay connected to their passion for coding without letting stress take over.
With Calmly, my goal is to help you navigate those tough days, understand why you’re feeling a certain way, and take back control of your workday.
What the Experts Say About Emotional Self-Awareness
The power of emotional intelligence is undeniable. From gaining focus and clarity to mastering stress and fostering growth, here’s what leading thinkers and researchers have to say about the benefits of emotional self-awareness.
People who spent 15 minutes a day reflecting on what they learned performed 23% better in the next 10 days.
Adam GrantOrganizational Psychologist and Author
We have outstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with a sense of purpose and balance.
Dr. Kathleen HallFounder and CEO of Mindful Living Network
Being overwhelmed means that your life or work is overpowering you. Regain control by clarifying your intentions, setting realistic expectations, and focusing on your next step.
Daphne MichaelsHuman potential trainer and consultant
Burnout is nature’s way of telling you, you’ve been going through the motions your soul has departed; you’re a zombies, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.
Sam KeenAmerican author, professor, and philosopher
People with well-developed emotional skills are also more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity; people who cannot marshal some control over their emotional life fight inner battles that sabotage their ability for focused work and clear thought.
Daniel GolemanAuthor of Emotional Intelligence
Give up the delusion that burnout is the inevitable cost of success
Arianna HuffingtonFounder and CEO of Thrive Global
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