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Day in the Life TikTok Slideshow Template

A day or walkthrough, one moment per slide.

6–8 slides · 1080×1920 · ready to post

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Nomadly example slideshow (AI remote work guide), slide 1 of 3: Cover: “A workday in Lisbon.” over a yellow tram on a steep street
Nomadly, photo dump style

“Day in the life” posts work because they’re a story, not an ad. Each slide is a small moment, and the viewer keeps swiping to see how the day unfolds. It’s the softest way to show a product in real use without it feeling like a pitch.

Example: Nomadly

A day in the life carousel in the photo dump style, for a ai remote work guide.

Nomadly example slideshow (AI remote work guide), slide 1 of 3: Cover: “A workday in Lisbon.” over a yellow tram on a steep streetNomadly example slideshow (AI remote work guide), slide 2 of 3: A laptop and a pastry on a balcony table above the cityNomadly example slideshow (AI remote work guide), slide 3 of 3: Sunset over Lisbon rooftops with two glasses of wine

Best for

  • Showing a product woven into a real routine
  • Founder/creator personal brand content
  • Soft-selling without an obvious ad

Example hooks

Opening lines that stop the scroll. ViralSlides writes fresh ones for your topic.

“a realistic day in my life”
“how my day actually goes”
“what a day really looks like (no filter)”
“POV: a normal day, but better”

How the slides flow

  1. 1
    Hook
    Frame the day and set the vibe.
  2. 2
    Moments
    Morning → night, one beat per slide.
  3. 3
    Reveal
    Where the product quietly fits in.
  4. 4
    CTA
    Soft close — follow or try it.

How to write a good one

  • Anchor every slide to a time or a place (“8:30, train to work”) so the viewer feels the day moving.
  • Let the product appear once, in the moment it actually helps, and keep that slide as plain as the others.
  • Use photos that look like a phone took them. Polished stock shots break the “this is my real day” promise.

What makes it fall flat

  • A day where every slide features the app. That is a demo, not a day.
  • Cutting every ordinary moment. One boring beat, like coffee or the commute, makes the rest believable.

A day in the life slideshow, written out

A remote worker’s day with a focus-timer app. Format: Day in the Life, 7 slides. An illustrative draft to adapt, not a real account’s post.

  1. Slide 1a realistic workday when you work from home
  2. Slide 28:30 coffee, inbox at zero (for now)
  3. Slide 310:00 first focus block: phone face down, timer on
  4. Slide 412:30 lunch away from the desk, no exceptions
  5. Slide 515:00 the slump, so a walk instead of a fourth coffee
  6. Slide 617:30 four focus blocks done, laptop closed
  7. Slide 7what helps: a focus timer that locks the apps I doom-scroll

Caption: not every day looks like this, but the good ones do

Where the day in the life format works

It is one of the recommended formats in these 2 playbooks, each with an opening hook written for the niche:

Ideas built on this format

FAQ

Won’t this feel like an ad?

Not if the product shows up as one natural moment among many. The format is built to sell softly.

What photos should I use?

ViralSlides pulls on-theme stock photos automatically, or you can swap in your own.

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