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Originally Posted by AniManiac
...Yeah, I'm a data geek...
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Heheh. I don't think I am, but can say for sure that I can't leave
anything of the sort alone! Ever! I've tried a couple of mood trackers (always by hand, but that's me.). Almost immediately I'm tweaking it. With more information. But of course.

One variation I came up with had too much writing. The one I use now has a
little space for elaboration on a given thing. The most useful adjustment I've found? Color-coding. For instance, with sleep issues. It makes patterns
really easy to see. For instance, if you see a lot of blue in my "sleep/wake issues" area, you can be damn sure I'm having a very hard time forcing myself out of bed. I'll pencil in just how long and make the areas of blue smaller or larger depending on how big an issue it's being. (Because, ya know, I just can't keep from being more precise!

Lol.)
I've been mood charting for years now. I have no sense of time, so it's very useful for how long things have been going on, when meds were adjusted or added etc., which would otherwise by absolutely impossible to recall.