track your moods

are you a morning person or a night owl? when does your energy peak? what makes you crash after lunch? you probably have vague answers to these questions. vague isn't good enough.

you're living on autopilot

most people go through their day reacting to their moods without understanding them. you feel sluggish after lunch, so you grab coffee. you feel irritable at 4 PM, so you snap at someone. you feel wired at midnight, so you scroll your phone until 2 AM.

none of these responses address the actual cause. they're all patches on a system you've never bothered to diagnose.

how to track

for one week, set an alarm for every two hours during waking time. when it goes off, spend 30 seconds noting:

mood (1-10 scale)
energy (1-10 scale)
what you just ate or drank
what you were doing
who you were with (or alone)

use a notes app, a spreadsheet, or a physical notebook. the tool doesn't matter. consistency does.

what the patterns reveal

after a week, you'll see things you've been blind to:

maybe your mood tanks every time you eat a heavy carb lunch
maybe your best hours are 6-9 AM and you've been wasting them on email
maybe certain people consistently drain your energy
maybe your "random" afternoon anxiety happens every day at the same time
maybe weekend mornings are your peak creative window and you've been sleeping through them

this isn't self-help woo. it's data collection about the most important system you'll ever operate — yourself.

use the data

once you see the patterns, you can design your life around them. schedule deep work during your peak hours. avoid heavy meals before important meetings. limit time with energy vampires. exercise at the time that gives you the biggest mood boost.

stop guessing how you work. start measuring.

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