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Do you use a Wellness Journal?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jan 29, 2022 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
At the moment I am just using paper. It's a chart that I modified from what I received at the Mayo. My wellness goals are to spread out what I do each week. I used to be able to shop at four stores at a time, but now I focus on one or two. It's frustrating, but probably saves me money 🙂 I haven't been at a specialty shop in over a year. I just mainly focus on necessities.
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Laura, would you be willing to take a picture of your modified chart? It might be helpful for others to see a blank version (without your personal info in it).
I might also suggest buying a paper agenda/calendar. It's still January, so 2022 calendars should still be available to buy (and on sale perhaps). I like versions that allow space for notes. I set a monthly and/or weekly intention of what I hope to achieve - a goal. Because I don't really like tracking stuff in general, I try to keep my daily tracking very simple.
For each day, I mark 2 things. 1) a score out of 10 on my success in managing my goal and 2) an emoji for how I felt overall that day, happy face, straight line face or sad face.
If there was something specifically noteworthy like a new symptom or trigger or a new milestone, I'll write that down too.
Key for me is to keep it simple and consistent so I can eventually pick out the patterns.
What approach works for you guys? What's your goal this week?