Daily Metrics Tracking

As an exercise, I’ve been tracking some daily metrics in my daily note in Obsidian for the purposes of analyzing them later and identifying trends. Here’s what I’m tracking:

• Sleep:
  • Bedtime (time)
  • Waketime (time)
  • Hours Slept (time)
• Subjective Self-Assessment:
  • Mood (Terrible, Poor, Neutral, Good, Excellent)
  • Energy (Depleted, Low, Moderate, High, Energized)
  • Stress (Minimal, Slight, Moderate, High, Overwhelming)
  • Anxiety (Calm, Mild, Moderate, Elevated, Severe)
  • Productivity (Unproductive, Limited, Adequate, Productive, Highly Productive)
  • Diet (Poor, Below Average, Adequate, Good, Excellent)
  • Health (Poor, Unwell, Fair, Good, Excellent)
  • Activity (Sedentary, Minimal, Moderate, Active, Very Active)
• Positive Habits:
  • Got Outside (boolean)
  • Left House (boolean)
  • Socialized (boolean)
  • Used Lightbox (boolean)
  • Took Medication (boolean)
  • Practiced Zazen (boolean)

The purpose behind this is to see what factors have the greatest influence on my productivity, well-being, mood, etc. I will continue to update as I discover trends.

To analyze this data, I plan on dumping it all in a Postgres database and using Metabase↗ to analyze it.