Keeping tabs of your daily moods and feelings is a great way to improve self-awareness, take stock of patterns, and better understand the goings on of your inner mind. There are plenty of ways to do this in the Day One app—if you’re just getting started, you can take advantage of our existing templates and go from there!
In this article, we’ll walk you through setting up and customizing a mood tracker within the Day One app, including setting up reminders to keep your practice, and more helpful tips.
Let’s get going.
Step 1: Create a new journal.
You can also select a time to be reminded to complete your entry—you’ll get a notification, which can help you create and maintain a habit.
Step 2: Navigate to Templates.
Step 3: Scroll to the Health & Wellness section, and choose the Mood Tracker template.
Step 4: Save the template to your templates.
You can also choose “use now” to get started with your first mood tracker entry right now!
Step 5: Select your mood.
How are you feeling today? The template comes with a whole lot of emotions to choose from—but you can also add your own, if these don’t cut it.
Step 6: Explore your mood with written reflections.
The template includes guided prompts to help you explore your current mood, like “What might have triggered this mood?” and “How am I responding to my mood?” Answering these questions can help you understand how you respond to certain situations and to gather ideas for actions you can take.
Step 7: Repeat!
Schedule a mood check-in any time you like. Using journaling notifications, you can pair a custom message like, “How am I feeling right now?” to your mood tracker template. Simply tap the notification to check in on how you’re feeling.
Start Journaling Today in Day One
The Day One journaling app makes it easy to build and maintain a daily journaling habit. Daily journaling reminders, daily writing prompts, and journal streaks are designed to help keep you motivated and consistently journaling.
About the Author
Phoebe Kranefuss is a freelance writer and marketer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She’s a lifelong journaler and (almost) daily writer. She studied English Literature at Bowdoin College, is currently pursuing her MFA in fiction at University of Wisconsin–Madison, and has written for and worked with healthtechs including Monument, NOCD, and more.
