Talking to a newbie made me see my own tracker differently

Last week at a coffee shop in Portland, this girl saw my journal open to my habit tracker and asked why I had a whole page just for water intake. I told her it was to spot patterns, but honestly I've been filling it out every day for 8 months without ever looking back at it. She said, "So you're just making a chart to make a chart?" and that hit different because she was right. I spent that evening going through old months and found my mood dips always line up with days I skip my morning walk. Now I'm trying to use the data instead of just collecting it. Has anyone else realized they were tracking for the sake of tracking and actually changed their system because of it?

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william91715d ago

Kinda funny how someone else can point out our blind spots.

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