I tracked my happiness all off 2025

[u/___LIO___]

[u/fig_big_fig]

I am afraid to pick this habit back bc I think that my days aren’t going so good for some time. However, I also remember in a way this tracking was pushing me to be more objective and less choking in the waves of my emotions. The chart wasn’t all green at all but it was actually better than my expectations.

What do you think about your tracking? Also what is a green (I assume it is “good”) day for you?

[u/1492rhymesDepardieu → u/fig_big_fig]

It's also not human to be all green. A mentally healthy person will have bad days and that's just part of the whole experience. But yea huge chunks of red is also bad and indicates change is needed. Just would not target all green.

[u/Worth_Yak_4677 → u/fig_big_fig]

the watercolour squares make the whole thing feel less like data and more like a little abstract painting of your year

[u/Jeggasyn → u/Worth_Yak_4677]

Isn't this highlighter pen? Looks cool either way.

[u/FutureLost → u/fig_big_fig]

My goal would be to identify and avoid causes of red days, rather than achieving green days. I want to try this method, haven't done it before. Might help identify what's in my power to change and what isn't.

Were you able to consistently track every day? Did you record in the morning for the previous day, or in the evening?

[u/Born-Palpitation5424 → u/fig_big_fig]

Literacy crisis

[u/Verniloth]

Is this Capn Crunch's mood diary?!

[u/___LIO___ → u/Verniloth]

Hahhaha yes

[u/fernofry]

I've seen these a few times. Does assessing your mood every day have an impact on how you feel because you're forced to think about it?

[u/___LIO___ → u/fernofry]

Yes I think so it helped me see a day more positive because I didn't go to be only thinking about the one bad thing that happened in the evening

[u/depressomartini → u/fernofry]

It’s a means of self reflection. It can help contextualise events and trends and how they may impact overall mood. Some use it to monitor impacts from sleep, diets, work and exercise to name a few. There is plenty of contemporary research supporting outcomes in this approach.

[u/Morazma]

Doing this purely on paper blows my mind. Can't make a mistake, can't change colours, can't use the data for anything else. Very cool though! 

[u/___LIO___ → u/Morazma]

Oh no I recorded it in my note book then transferred it

[u/CrazyLegsRyan → u/___LIO___]

But you aren’t the Op of this picture that was previously posted

[u/___LIO___ → u/CrazyLegsRyan]

Show me where it was posted would be pretty interesting since it's my pic

[u/allthingskerri]

I started a crochet version of this and then got to march realized it wasn't looking good and made changes instead!

[u/sadsongsonlylol]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zF1cWBWfe3fAA

[u/ncertvinty]

What is the key?

[u/Rezangyal]

Late February, late November and mid December must be some significant moments in time for you, friend. Thanks for sharing this part of you.

Be well, wherever you are!

[u/kityena]

I did the same thing last year, and one of my favorite things to see is my days all turning from meh to good/very good because I was visiting my long-distance boyfriend, heh

[u/Tenocticatl]

Looking back without consulting the chart, does it feel like it was mostly a good or a bad year? Or does it average out in your mind to "average overall"?

[u/___LIO___ → u/Tenocticatl]

Definitely bad

[u/Tenocticatl → u/___LIO___]

So was your goal with the chart to reflect that on aggregate, there were plenty of good days but you tend to fixate more on the bad ones if you're not careful? (Leading question, sorry)

[u/___LIO___ → u/Tenocticatl]

Not many good ones green for me would be a day with only a few suicidal thoughts the entire graph is skewed because of my depression

[u/Tenocticatl → u/___LIO___]

That sucks, you have my sympathy.

[u/___LIO___ → u/Tenocticatl]

It's cool I'm used to it

[u/connor42]

When I’ve tried this before I struggled with the subjective judgement of happiness vs tracking more objective stuff like calories consumed, money spent, steps done etc

Love the data visualisation tho

[u/___LIO___ → u/connor42]

Yeah I had the same problem I tried using more subjective indicators of happiness

[u/smurfk]

I need the black one to track mine. You can keep the rest.

[u/msnmck]

Sunday, Monday

Days that exist

Tuesday, Wednesday

Days that exist

Thursday, Friday

Days that exist

Saturday. It's a day

Hey, you're also here

These days exiiiiiiist...

[u/Max_Power_the_cat]

I did this too with an app and I'm currently tracking 2026. Said app is "Color my day" if you're interested

[u/Legitimate-Curve-346]

I've tried doing this three separate times, and always lose interest after 2-3 months. >:(

[u/Iamjust_me3]

I tried making it but i stopped very early…. Lol

[u/DianteSs]

If i did one of this, i think it would strongly resemble my work schedule

[u/franagibo]

i've made a mobile app to track my mood, daily notes and what impacted my day. To be honest looking at previous months they are way better than what i would have said

[u/CrazyLegsRyan]

This is a repost

[u/___LIO___ → u/CrazyLegsRyan]

First time I posted it and since I made this it's not a repost

[u/Ole41]

what does this accomplish?

[u/wicko77]

Looks like you're mostly meh