diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py b/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed8eefda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/datatypes/NestedDict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""https://stackoverflow.com/a/74873621/8740440"""
+class NestedDict(dict):
+    def __missing__(self, x):
+        self[x] = NestedDict()
+        return self[x]
diff --git a/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py b/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9859ff98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/datatypes/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .NestedDict import NestedDict
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
index 993d8686a..e23a3aae6 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from typing import Type
 
+from jrnl.plugins.calendar_heatmap_exporter import CalendarHeatmapExporter
 from jrnl.plugins.dates_exporter import DatesExporter
 from jrnl.plugins.fancy_exporter import FancyExporter
 from jrnl.plugins.jrnl_importer import JRNLImporter
@@ -14,14 +15,15 @@
 from jrnl.plugins.yaml_exporter import YAMLExporter
 
 __exporters = [
+    CalendarHeatmapExporter,
+    DatesExporter,
+    FancyExporter,
     JSONExporter,
     MarkdownExporter,
     TagExporter,
-    DatesExporter,
     TextExporter,
     XMLExporter,
     YAMLExporter,
-    FancyExporter,
 ]
 __importers = [JRNLImporter]
 
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a274d02b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/calendar_heatmap_exporter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright © 2012-2023 jrnl contributors
+# License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+import calendar
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from jrnl.datatypes import NestedDict
+from jrnl.plugins.text_exporter import TextExporter
+from jrnl.plugins.util import get_journal_frequency_as_dict
+
+from rich.align import Align
+from rich import box
+from rich.columns import Columns
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
+from rich.text import Text
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from jrnl.journals import Entry
+    from jrnl.journals import Journal
+
+
+class CalendarHeatmapExporter(TextExporter):
+    """This Exporter displays a calendar heatmap of the journaling frequency."""
+
+    names = ["calendar", "heatmap"]
+    extension = "cal"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def export_entry(cls, entry: "Entry"):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @classmethod
+    def print_calendar_heatmap(cls, journal_frequency: NestedDict) -> str:
+        """Returns a string representation of the calendar heatmap."""
+        console = Console()
+        cal = calendar.Calendar()
+        curr_year = datetime.now().year
+        curr_month = datetime.now().month
+        curr_day = datetime.now().day
+        with console.capture() as capture:
+            for year, month_journaling_freq in journal_frequency.items():
+                year_calendar = []
+                for month in range(1, 13):
+                    if month > curr_month and year == curr_year:
+                        break
+                    table = Table(
+                        title=f"{calendar.month_name[month]} {year}",
+                        style="white",
+                        box=box.SIMPLE_HEAVY,
+                        padding=0,
+                    )
+
+                    for week_day in cal.iterweekdays():
+                        table.add_column(
+                            "{:.3}".format(calendar.day_name[week_day]), justify="right"
+                        )
+
+                    month_days = cal.monthdayscalendar(year, month)
+                    for weekdays in month_days:
+                        days = []
+                        for _, day in enumerate(weekdays):
+                            if day == 0: # Not a part of this month, just filler.
+                                day_label = Text(str(day or ""), style="white")
+                            elif day > curr_day and month == curr_month and year == curr_year:
+                                break
+                            else:
+                                journal_frequency_for_day = month_journaling_freq[month][day] or 0
+                                # TODO: Make colors configurable?
+                                if journal_frequency_for_day == 0:
+                                    day_label = Text(str(day or ""), style="red on black")
+                                elif journal_frequency_for_day == 1:
+                                    day_label = Text(str(day or ""), style="black on yellow")
+                                elif journal_frequency_for_day == 2:
+                                    day_label = Text(str(day or ""), style="black on green")
+                                else:
+                                    day_label = Text(str(day or ""), style="black on white")
+
+                            days.append(day_label)
+                        table.add_row(*days)
+
+                    year_calendar.append(Align.center(table))
+
+                # Print year header line
+                console.rule(str(year))
+                console.print()
+                # Print calendar
+                console.print(Columns(year_calendar, padding=1, expand=True))
+        return capture.get()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def export_journal(cls, journal: "Journal"):
+        """Returns dates and their frequencies for an entire journal."""
+        journal_entry_date_frequency = get_journal_frequency_as_dict(journal)
+        return cls.print_calendar_heatmap(journal_entry_date_frequency)
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/dates_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/dates_exporter.py
index 38d101dd8..090d70a5e 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/dates_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/dates_exporter.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from jrnl.plugins.text_exporter import TextExporter
+from jrnl.plugins.util import get_journal_frequency_as_str
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from jrnl.journals import Entry
@@ -24,10 +25,6 @@ def export_entry(cls, entry: "Entry"):
     @classmethod
     def export_journal(cls, journal: "Journal") -> str:
         """Returns dates and their frequencies for an entire journal."""
-        date_counts = Counter()
-        for entry in journal.entries:
-            # entry.date.date() gets date without time
-            date = str(entry.date.date())
-            date_counts[date] += 1
+        date_counts = get_journal_frequency_as_str(journal)
         result = "\n".join(f"{date}, {count}" for date, count in date_counts.items())
         return result
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/util.py b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
index ceaa0b041..3fe24057a 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2023 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 
+from collections import Counter
+from jrnl.datatypes import NestedDict
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -28,3 +30,24 @@ def oxford_list(lst: list) -> str:
         return lst[0] + " or " + lst[1]
     else:
         return ", ".join(lst[:-1]) + ", or " + lst[-1]
+
+def get_journal_frequency_as_dict(journal: "Journal") -> NestedDict:
+    """Returns a NestedDict of the form {year: {month: {day: count}}}"""
+    journal_frequency = NestedDict()
+    for entry in journal.entries:
+        date = entry.date.date()
+        if date.day in journal_frequency[date.year][date.month]:
+            journal_frequency[date.year][date.month][date.day] += 1
+        else:
+            journal_frequency[date.year][date.month][date.day] = 1
+
+    return journal_frequency
+
+def get_journal_frequency_as_str(journal: "Journal") -> Counter:
+    """Returns a Counter of the form {date (YYYY-MM-DD): count}"""
+    date_counts = Counter()
+    for entry in journal.entries:
+        # entry.date.date() gets date without time
+        date = str(entry.date.date())
+        date_counts[date] += 1
+    return date_counts