Organizing Your Dream Journal
Use folders, search, and the action menu to keep your growing dream journal tidy and findable.
Organizing Your Dream Journal 🗂️
As your dream journal grows, finding the dream you're looking for becomes important. DreamNav gives you folders, search, and quick actions to keep things tidy.
Your dream list
The sidebar in the Dream Lab is your dream journal. Dreams are grouped automatically by date - Today, Yesterday, Earlier this week, Older - with the most recent at the top.
Each dream shows its title and a short preview of the text. Click any dream to open it.
Creating folders
Folders let you group dreams by theme, by month, by whatever makes sense to you:
- •In the sidebar, click the New Folder button.
- •Give the folder a name (and an emoji if you like).
- •Move dreams into it using the action menu (see below).
Folders can hold any number of dreams. You can rename or delete a folder at any time - deleting a folder doesn't delete the dreams inside; they simply move back to the top level.
Folder ideas: "Recurring dreams", "Nightmares", "Lucid dreams", "Dreams about work", "This month". Pick a system that matches how you think about your dreams.
Moving, renaming, and deleting dreams
Each dream in the sidebar has an action menu (the ⋯ button on hover) with:
- •Rename - Change the title.
- •Move to folder - Place the dream in a folder (or remove it from one).
- •Delete - Permanently remove the dream.
Deleted dreams can't be recovered. If a dream feels important but cluttering your list, consider moving it to an Archive folder instead of deleting it.
Searching your dreams
The sidebar has a search box that filters your dreams by title and text as you type. Use it to quickly find:
- •A dream by a symbol - search "water" to find every dream that mentioned it.
- •A dream by a person - search a name to find every dream they appeared in.
- •A dream by a feeling - search "anxious" to surface emotionally similar dreams.
Search looks across all your dreams, including those inside folders.
Keeping it tidy
A few habits keep your journal manageable as it grows:
- •Title dreams meaningfully - a good title makes search and browsing faster.
- •Use folders sparingly - 3–5 folders are easier to navigate than 20.
- •Move old dreams to an Archive folder - keeps your active list short without losing history.
- •Delete true mistakes - but be cautious; dream memory is the whole point.
What's next
- •Manage your account → Managing Your Account
- •Remember more dreams → Tips for Better Dream Recall