The time I laughed at mood trackers in bullet journals until I actually tried one for 3 weeks

I used to think mood trackers were just cutesy filler pages that people did for Instagram. Like, how is coloring in a little box going to help you process anything? But I had a rough patch in February where I was waking up grumpy for no reason and it was messing with my whole day. So I set up a simple one in my BuJo with just five color options and a tiny space for a few words. After about 10 days I noticed a pattern I swear I never would have seen otherwise. Turns out I was consistently in a bad mood on days I didn't eat breakfast before work as a hygienist. That small tweak of grabbing a granola bar on the drive totally shifted my mornings. Has anyone else caught a weird habit or trigger from tracking something they thought was silly?

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terry_bailey3520d ago

Yeah same here. Surprised myself big time after a week of tracking.

alex52420d ago

The part nobody talks about is how those first few days of tracking can mess with your head before it gets better. @terry_bailey35 I noticed I was way more anxious staring at numbers than actually eating the food. Took me a solid week to realize I wasn't logging to punish myself but just to see where I was at. Once that clicked everything felt different. Now I just use it as a tool not a judge.