diff --git a/src/main/java/Storage.java b/src/main/java/Storage.java
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+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class Storage {
+
+    private static final String FILE_PATH = "./data/task_data.txt";
+    private static File dataFile;
+
+    public Storage() {
+        try {
+            dataFile = new File(FILE_PATH);
+            dataFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            dataFile.createNewFile();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.out.println("Error: Unable to load data. " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String loadData() throws IOException{
+        try {
+            Scanner sc = new Scanner(dataFile);
+            StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+            while (sc.hasNext()) {
+                output.append(sc.nextLine());
+                if (sc.hasNext()) {
+                    output.append("\n");
+                }
+            }
+            return output.toString();
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            System.out.println(e);
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void saveData(TaskList tasks) {
+        StringBuilder taskContents = new StringBuilder();
+        for (Task task : tasks) {
+            taskContents.append(task.toSaveData());
+        }
+        try {
+            FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(FILE_PATH);
+            fileWriter.write(taskContents.toString());
+            fileWriter.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.out.println(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/UI.java b/src/main/java/UI.java
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+
+public class UI {
+
+    public void showLine() {
+        System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
+    }
+
+    public void greet() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO chop! ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪");
+        System.out.println("do you want to play video games?");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void salute() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("beep boop BMO shutting down...");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printTutorial() {
+        final String TUTORIAL_PRINT = "command BMO with these keywords!\n"
+                + "0. hi [greet BMO]\n"
+                + "1. bye [shut BMO down]\n"
+                + "2. log [view task log]\n"
+                + "3. todo <task> [add todo task]\n"
+                + "4. due <task> /by dd/MM/yyyy HHmm [add due task]\n"
+                + "5. event <event> /from dd/MM/yyyy HHmm /to dd/MM/yyyy HHmm [add event]\n"
+                + "6. done <task number> [check task as done]\n"
+                + "7. redo <task number> [uncheck task]\n"
+                + "8. delete <task number> [delete task]\n"
+                + "9. find <keyword> [search for task]\n"
+                + "10. commands [view commands]";
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println(TUTORIAL_PRINT);
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printLog(TaskList taskLog) {
+        StringBuilder logPrint = new StringBuilder();
+        if (taskLog.isEmpty()) {
+            System.out.println("wow! your log is actually empty");
+            System.out.println("let's play mario kart right now!! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ");
+            return;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < taskLog.size(); i++) {
+            Task currTask = taskLog.get(i);
+            logPrint.append(i + 1).append(". ").append(currTask.getStatusIcon())
+                    .append(" ").append(currTask.toString())
+                    .append("\n");
+        }
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println(logPrint.toString());
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printEmptyStorage() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO cache has no saved tasks");
+        System.out.println("your log is currently empty ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printAddTask(Task task, int size) {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO has added the task (づ￣ ³￣)づ");
+        System.out.println("added: " + task);
+        System.out.println("you now have " + size + " tasks in the list");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printDoneTask(TaskList tasks, int index) {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO has marked the task as done (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑");
+        System.out.println("completed: " + tasks.get(index - 1));
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printRedoTask(TaskList tasks, int index) {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO has marked the task as incomplete (⊙_☉)");
+        System.out.println("incomplete: " + tasks.get(index - 1));
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printDeleteTask(String desc, int index) {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO has deleted the task (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧");
+        System.out.println("deleted: " + desc);
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printErrInvalidIndex() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("you have provided BMO with an invalid task number!");
+        System.out.println("please provide a valid one silly _(ツ)_/¯");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printErrInvalidCommand() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO don't understand (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻");
+        System.out.println("type 'commands' to see the list of what BMO knows to do");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printErrInvalidTask() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO does not quite understand your task command ಠ_ಠ");
+        System.out.println("here are examples of a valid task command:");
+        System.out.println("todo play mario kart");
+        System.out.println("due play mario kart /by 14/02/2024 1800");
+        System.out.println("event play mario kart /from 14/02/2024 1800 /to 14/02/2024 2000");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printErrUselessCommand() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("That command is useless silly ಠ╭╮ಠ");
+        System.out.println("BMO has already done that for you");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+    public void printErrInvalidDate() {
+        showLine();
+        System.out.println("BMO does not understand your date format (⊙_☉)");
+        System.out.println("please provide a valid date format: dd/MM/yyyy HHmm");
+        showLine();
+    }
+
+}