There’s a really nice app called Daylio which lets you track this stuff, and generates reports for you pretty similar to this one. I’ve been using it for years.

[–] spiffynova@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you're a fan of apps, Moodistory is a good one. The free version does plenty for me.

[–] AngryPancake@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How did you get there? Your mood seems quite consistent and overall it looks like you're quite happy.

[–] spiffynova@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Eg, I wouldn't exactly say these are happy/unhappy. Just more of a good/bad day scale. I've got a lot of other stuff to work on before I think I can be "happy".

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh I like the look of this one, cheers

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's pretty interesting. Did you gain any insights from doing this?

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The antidepressants are clearly working. It also appears that I don't have seasonal affective disorder.

[–] pm_me_your_thoughts@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've been keeping a whole ton of records of habits since basically 2020 including but not limited to happiness ratings and masturbation days (labelled deed)

[–] peter@feddit.uk 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

if deed is masturbating, whats deeed?

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago

Masturbatiiiing.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Using the bad dragon

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Hell yeeee

[–] 3yEh1SzB7B@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What app or program is this?

[–] neuronull@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

"Habits" app. Highly recommend.

[–] charolastra@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Meh

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What happened last January?

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Looking forward to the first year with hopefully no COVID lockdowns. Riding the high of the still relatively new job that I enjoy. Generally things were going really well for a bit there.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Tracking your life like this helps uncover macro patterns that are hard to see day to day. For example, is there an impact from changing a job, or entering, exiting a relationship, or moving to a new home.

This zoomed out view can teach you how to predict the future impact of such changes, and perhaps that can guide future decisions.

You can use this to ask and answer all kinds of questions.

We can see that OP had a pretty good January, but the mood went down in Feb. Winter blues? Maybe add a vacation at the beginning of February this year.

Only OP really knows the detailsbfor this case but I think everyone can benefit from macro tracking.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Winter blues?

Nah. My dad had a heart attack and had to go in for surgery. He's doing fine now but that better not happen again this year. It really set the tone for the next 3 months or so.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I am adding this to my bullet journal.