When someone first mentioned a mood tracker, the thing that came to mind was mood rings. You remember those rings you wore that changed colour with your ‘mood’ (although secretly, I’m sure it was just with your body temperature!)
But as someone who has suffered from depression in the past, I realised that tracking and a better understanding of your moods could be a good idea. It could help you spot trends or things that caused your mood to change, both positively and negatively.
And because I’m a planner fan, I decided to look into using mood tracks in your planner or bullet journal. It is no surprise, there are loads of amazing ideas. Shall we take a look?
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How many times have you asked or been asked how you were feeling? My friends and family, medical professionals even work colleagues or your boss. That’s because the mood is super important to our mental well-being.
Lots of the time, we’ll answer with a single word or maybe a ‘fine thanks’ but rarely are moods that simple. In fact, there is so much to it that some people have created a mood colour wheel with different variations to show how moods work and overlap.
Once you start to track your moods in one of the many ways, you can start to see patterns. Are you sad at a certain time of the week or month regularly? Does your energy level peak at certain parts of the day and die off? Is there a part of the week when you always seem to end up feeling bored?
Different ways to mood track
There are lots of different ways to track your mood. You can get as technical as you want or keep it fairly fun and casual. Here are a few snapshots of the options:
Apps
Mood tracking apps are available for all types of smartphones and can be used as a simple mood diary, entering information about how you feel. Some of them even go further and create a kind of self-care plan to help based on the details you provide.
Journaling
Lots of people use journaling in a host of different ways from creative journaling to simply recording what’s been going on. You can either supplement an existing journaling routine with notes about your mood or start something specifically for the job.
Calendar
If you don’t want anything extra or too involved, then simply put a little symbol on the calendar. Write yourself a key to what these mean and you can easily see how your mood has been. You could do the same on a planner calendar sheet or in an organiser or diary.
Bullet journal
If you are a bullet journal fan, then using your BuJo for this purpose is going to be logical. You can incorporate it with other information you are adding or you can create one of a series of different styles of mood trackers specifically for the job.
Planner sheet
Dedicated planner sheets for mood tracking appeal to me, especially when they are a bit fun and more than just writing down a word or a symbol. But again, you can get as complex as you want or keep it simple.
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Bullet journal mood tracker
When it comes to creating a mood tracker for your bullet journal, something really simple can work.
For example, you could write the days down and have a series of little icons along the top to indicate your moods. Just tick or mark the box for the mood for each day. Add this to the bottom of a week spread and you can easily spot your overall moods. Or add a smaller version for morning, afternoon and evening and add it to daily spreads.
Sketching something that lets you give each day of the month a mood flavour can also work for simple mood tracking. A circle sectioned off for each day of the month is an easy-to-make example and you can either colour the whole day or even parts for the parts of the day.
Something as simple as a series of little jars across a page can help track your mood. Colour the jar depending on your mood or again, a third for each part of the day. You can get decorative with fun stars or other motifs around them.
Bullet Journal mood tracker pack
If you are looking for a couple of insert ideas for your bullet journal for mood tracking, this bundle is perfect. There are five different designs including a blank key and even just the image on its own for different purposes. It is printable in A4 or A5 sizes.
Monthly theme mood tracker
This pack of 12 sheets gives a themed bullet journal page for each month with different ways to record your mood. These include lovebirds and hearts for February and hot air balloons for March.
Planner mood trackers
Planner mood trackers come in all shapes and formats too and you can easily print them and pop them in your planner. Or use them alongside a digital planner in an app like Goodnotes.
Rain Cloud Mood Tracker
This simple mood tracker covers 30 days and lets you choose a colour to indicate your mood and track it on the raindrops. There’s a section below to create a key so you can even use your favourite shades rather than the classic colour wheel idea.
Potion mood tracker
If you want a magical way to track your moods, this cute little planner sheet will be perfect. Like the idea of colouring in jars in a bullet journal, this sheet lets you colour the potion jar. It has 31 bottles to cover the whole month in a sheet and can also be printed as a sticker sheet to add to a bullet journal.
Pack of 10 mood trackers
If you like to have some variety in your mood tracker, then this pack is the perfect solution. There are 10 different sheets letting you track your mood in different ways. They print in A4, US letter or A5 size to match most common planners.
The best mood trackers
It’s simple, the best mood tracker is one you’ll use. We’ve all been there, wanting to take better care of ourselves and understand our moods but actually tracking them is another thing. So whether you go digital with an app, make something fun in a bullet journal or grab a professionally made planner sheet, the key is to go with something you’ll use!
Have you ever used a mood tracker? What format worked for you?
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