Ok, I'm writing this post from my Blackberry, so please excuse any mistakes. I'm trying to see how this works.
Anyway, back in May, I believe it was, I decideed to begin tracking my moods. It is something I have not done in quite some time. Well, it is now closing in on the end of November and I can see a significant difference in my moods through the months.
Traditionally, my summers aren't to bad. Come September, however, things change. Now I was able to see how much.
I tracked each day, using mood, energy, and stress/anxiety. Each was given a number of 1 through 10. The results you may ask - well, here ya go.....
For July the average for mood was - 6.2, Energy was 7 and stress/anxiety was 6.4. The numbers then begin to fall dramatically. In the same order, August showed - 5.6, 5.2 and 5.7. Sept showed - 5.1, 4.5, and 6.7. Oct showed - 4.7, 4.6 and 6.4.
Amazing isn't it. Now, granted some of the changes may be situational, but overall it is the cycle and by tracking I am hoping to be able to make changes.
Well, it's off to work - a big source of stress. I hope this works ok, I had planned on moving my blogs to Wordpress, be all high tech and stuff - ok, not for me. To complicated. So here I will remain.
Mood tracking can show some amazing things. I was astounded to find out how much an extra hour of sleep can change my mood, but tracking mood and sleep showed me just how consistent that is for me.
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The main benefit I got from mood tracking was not about insights into my condition, but just to be able to notice how I was doing.
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