Graphs for the ignorant

November 21, 2015 12:02 AM

I've been tracking my mood over the past seven weeks, giving it a score out of ten, along with some other information (e.g. amount of exercise, alcohol consumption, prescription drug usage). I want to find a way to put all this data into graph form.

Is there a program or app that will let me not only track the date and mood score for each day, but also see how the other information affects each score - e.g. having more than 2 drinks on a given day generally leads to a decreased mood the next? I have access to a computer and iPad, but not much mathematical knowledge.

posted by tworedshoes to Health & Fitness (5 answers total)

The Optimism App seems pretty close to what you're looking for.
posted by mechrisd at 1:21 AM on November 21, 2015

I've been using Pacifica for this at AskMe's recommendation. You can track caffeine, sleep, social interaction, meds, water, alllll sorts of things - and then cycle through those factors you've tracked over top of your mood graph.
posted by Gordafarin at 2:01 AM on November 21, 2015 [2 favorites]

Seconding Pacifica, it is made for this.
posted by nightrecordings at 6:34 AM on November 21, 2015

A great source of ideas for what to do with all kinds of self data is http://quantifiedself.com. Their guide to self-tracking tools may have additional things to try.

Also, you didn't mention the form in which you have your data now. If it's a spreadsheet, you could generate graphs right from the spreadsheet application.
posted by StrawberryPie at 11:26 AM on November 21, 2015 [2 favorites]

If you do have a spreadsheet, check out the free app for iPad, Vizable. Very, very cool.
posted by DandyRandy at 12:22 PM on November 24, 2015