I started a Coursera course (which I ended up dropping) called Experimentation for Improvement, which showed how data can be used very efficiently for making improvements. With this kind of analysis you can find complex patterns and things you wouldn't ordinarily recognize.
So anyway I've had this idea for a while: an app where you can log many different habits and things, that can analyze and help you find patterns in your life that you are not aware of. I wonder if such an app already exists.
So for example, logging how many hours a day you spend indoors vs outdoors, your overall mood each day, time spent alone, creativity and spontaneity, supplements taken, sleep quality and time, ... the possibilities are endless.
The ultimate app would be one that would connect with Cronometer, but that seems like a pipe dream.
But you could find an optimum general time spent meditating, working, and so on. Maybe recognize that spending a lot of time in the sun has diminishing returns (or is maybe harmful to your overall sense of wellbeing), and then decide what to do with that information. Maybe a certain supplement seems to have negative effects when you haven't slept well. Maybe you find synergies between certain activities and supplements.
Some of us have been in bad health for a very long time and we're really struggling to figure out why. Having empirical data on our own life could be very empowering.
Is anyone aware of such an app, or an app that could be used in this way?
So anyway I've had this idea for a while: an app where you can log many different habits and things, that can analyze and help you find patterns in your life that you are not aware of. I wonder if such an app already exists.
So for example, logging how many hours a day you spend indoors vs outdoors, your overall mood each day, time spent alone, creativity and spontaneity, supplements taken, sleep quality and time, ... the possibilities are endless.
The ultimate app would be one that would connect with Cronometer, but that seems like a pipe dream.
But you could find an optimum general time spent meditating, working, and so on. Maybe recognize that spending a lot of time in the sun has diminishing returns (or is maybe harmful to your overall sense of wellbeing), and then decide what to do with that information. Maybe a certain supplement seems to have negative effects when you haven't slept well. Maybe you find synergies between certain activities and supplements.
Some of us have been in bad health for a very long time and we're really struggling to figure out why. Having empirical data on our own life could be very empowering.
Is anyone aware of such an app, or an app that could be used in this way?