Mood Tracking

Mood tracking is the practice of regularly recording your emotional state to identify patterns, understand triggers, and monitor how lifestyle factors affect your mental wellbeing. Many 75 Soft participants find tracking mood reveals powerful connections between habits and happiness.

Why Track Your Mood?

Pattern Recognition

Over 75 days, you'll see:

• Which days you feel best
• How exercise affects mood
• Sleep and mood connections
• Stress patterns and triggers

Mind-Body Connection

Tracking reveals how physical habits impact mental state:

• Exercise often improves mood
• Hydration affects mental clarity
• Reading provides stress relief
• Diet influences energy and emotions

Self-Awareness

Regular check-ins build emotional intelligence:

• Naming emotions is therapeutic
• Awareness precedes change
• Data reveals blind spots

How to Track Mood

Simple Scale Method

Rate your mood 1-10 or use categories:

• 1-3: Difficult day
• 4-6: Neutral/okay
• 7-10: Good/great day

Emotion Categories

The 75 Soft app offers 7 mood types:

• Energized
• Happy
• Calm
• Neutral
• Tired
• Anxious
• Sad

Journaling Addition

For deeper insight, add brief notes:

• What happened today?
• What influenced your mood?
• What are you grateful for?

The 75 Soft Mood Tracker

Features of the in-app mood tracker:

• Quick daily logging (tap to record)
• 75-day calendar visualization
• Color-coded mood display
• Pattern insights over time

What You Might Discover

Common Patterns

• Mondays often start lower, improve midweek
• Post-workout mood is consistently higher
• Poor sleep correlates with next-day mood dip
• Weekends may differ from weekdays

Habit Correlations

• Perfect days (all 4 tasks) often = better mood
• Missing workouts correlates with lower mood
• Consistent reading = more calm days
• Hydration affects mental clarity

Tips for Effective Mood Tracking

• **Track at the same time daily** - Evening works well for reflection
• **Be honest** - No one sees this but you
• **Don't judge** - Low mood days are information, not failure
• **Look for patterns weekly** - Individual days matter less than trends
• **Connect habits to mood** - Notice what helps and what hurts

Beyond 75 Days

Mood tracking is valuable beyond the challenge:

• Continue tracking for ongoing awareness
• Use patterns to optimize your lifestyle
• Share insights with healthcare providers if relevant
• Build a personalized wellbeing routine