How to find an old note you left on a log

Narrow it down before you look

Old notes are hard to find because you remember the words but not the date. Before opening anything, pin down what you can:

• Which activity was it on? "Tingling" was probably on the new serum, "knee felt off" on a run.
• Roughly when? Tie it to something you do remember: before the holiday, the week you started the new product, around the last appointment.
• Did you flag it? If you mark notable logs with a red or amber flag, those are the ones to check first.

The answer to these three turns "somewhere in the last three months" into "one of about ten logs".

Shortcut: the last five notes on any log

If the note is fairly recent, open any log of that activity: tap its entry on the Calendar tab in Day or Week view. The Log Entry sheet shows up to five earlier notes for the same activity under Previous comments, each with its date. Tap a long one to show it in full.

This is often enough for questions like "what did I write after the last few runs?" Logs without a note are skipped, so the five you see are the five most recent notes, however far apart they are.

Older notes: go through the month view

For anything further back, browse the calendar:

1. Open the Calendar tab, pick the routine and switch to Month. Scroll up to earlier months.
2. Tap the activity's tile above the calendar. Its dots get bigger, so you see at once which days it was logged.
3. Tap a day in the period you have in mind. The calendar opens that day in Day view.
4. Tap the activity's entry to open it and read the note. A small colored dot on the entry means it has a flag.
5. Swipe up or down for the previous or next day, or go back to the month and pick another day.

There is no search box for notes, so this is a browse, not a search. With the activity highlighted and a rough date it rarely takes more than a few taps.

Getting ready for an appointment or a review

Notes are most useful when you bring them to someone: a dermatologist asking when the irritation started, a physio asking how the knee has been, or your own training review at the end of a block. EasyRoutine has no export, so a few minutes before the appointment:

1. Go through the relevant period as above.
2. Write the important ones down in a short list with their dates, for example "3 Sep, serum: tingling" and "10 Sep, serum: dry patch on chin".
3. Bring the list, or the phone with the right month open.

The app keeps the record; what it means is for the doctor, pharmacist or coach to judge. If a reaction worries you, contact them rather than waiting for the next review. For skin reactions in particular, finding which product caused a reaction shows how to line up notes with new products.

Write notes you can find again

A note is only as findable as the log it sits on. A few habits make the next search quicker:

• Flag what matters. Pick a meaning, such as red for a reaction, and stick to it. Flagged entries show a dot in the day and week views, so they stand out while you browse. More in what the flag colors mean.
• Write it on the right activity. "Tingling" belongs on the serum's log, not on the cleanser's, or the previous-notes shortcut will not show it where you look.
• Start with the key word. "Tingling, 10 min after" is easier to spot than "Felt a bit of tingling afterwards".
• Note when something starts and stops. "Dry patch gone" closes the story and saves a search later.

Notes and flags are free and stay private: they are never shared, not even when you share the routine. How to add them: add a note or flag to a log.

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