Walk Reminder Emails

When you track a step, you've made a small commitment. Walk reminder emails exist to keep that commitment in view without turning it into homework — a short note when a step is coming due, with buttons that let you check in straight from your inbox.

What You'll Receive

Every Walk email is about a specific step, named in the subject line, so you always know which one it's talking about.

Step reminders

These arrive when a tracked step needs a decision from you:

A few days in — a single "Still walking with this?" check-in around day three.
The day before it's due and the day it's due — a heads-up with the step and the entry it came from.
Past due — a no-pressure note asking whether it happened, needs more time, or should be set down.
Daily practices — a short daily note for steps you chose to repeat each day.

Steps in your Still on your heart section are treated differently. They get one gentle note around day five, with no countdown and no deadline language, and then Psalmlog leaves them alone.

One step from your entry

If you write an entry and don't track any of its Next Steps, you'll get one email the next day showing the first step and a Walk this one button. Think of it as a second look, not a push — you'll never get this more than once a week.

Set down for now

After seven days, an open step moves to Archived on its own. When that happens you'll get one email letting you know. Nothing is deleted, and your next entry will offer fresh steps that fit where you are now.

Done: write about how it went

When you mark a step done in the app, a follow-up arrives a couple of hours later inviting you to reflect on how it went. The button opens a new entry that already starts from that step. This one is capped at once a week, so a productive afternoon doesn't fill your inbox.

Checking In From Your Inbox

Step reminders include three buttons that work without opening the app:

Done — marks the step complete. You'll land on your Walk with a prompt to write about how it went.
Still going — gives the step three more days. You can do this twice; after that, the next reminder asks you to keep it or set it down.
Set it down — moves the step to Archived. That's an honest choice, not a failure.

A few things to know about these links:

They work even if you're signed out on that device. The link itself is what proves it's you.
They're valid for 14 days. After that, you'll be taken to your Walk with a note that the link has expired — every step is still there.
If you've already handled the step in the app, tapping the button simply confirms what's already true.

Tip: If you'd rather see the entry the step came from before deciding, the step title in the email links to it on your Walk.

How Often They Come

The limits are deliberate:

No more than one step reminder per day, no matter how many steps are open. When several are due, they're combined into one email.
No more than two Walk emails in any seven days, across all four kinds.
The "one step from your entry" note and the "write about how it went" note are each limited to once a week.

Reminders are sent between 9am and 7pm in your local time.

Turning Them Off

Walk emails are on for everyone who tracks steps. To stop them:

Open Account Settings from the navigation.
Find Walk reminders by email.
Switch it off.

This turns off all four kinds of Walk email at once. In-app reminders on your Walk tab and the notification bell stay on, so you'll still see what's due when you open Psalmlog.

Every Walk email also has a Manage Walk emails in your settings link in the footer that takes you straight there. The separate Unsubscribe from all emails link at the very bottom stops every email from Psalmlog, including account and billing messages — use the settings toggle if you only want to quiet the Walk.

Who Gets Them

Walk emails follow step tracking, so they're part of Faith Builder and Shepherd. If you tried tracking with your one free step, you'll get reminders for that step too.

Next Steps

Walking It Out: Tracking Your Next Steps — How tracking works, step types, and your Walk tab
Managing Your Account — Settings, email preferences, and your profile
Understanding Your Guidance — Where Next Steps come from