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https://github.com/KrauseFx/mood

Keeping track of current level of happiness
https://github.com/KrauseFx/mood

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Keeping track of current level of happiness

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### [deprecated] I'm now using [FxLifeSheet](https://github.com/krausefx/fxlifesheet) for my mood tracking



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# mood 






> I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.



Steve Jobs



## Background



I've been a heavy user of [1 Second Everyday](https://1se.co/), where I created a very personal video of the full year for the last 730 days. (Check out a [public sample video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_xlkC2DsSI))



One thing I noticed is that I associate the mood and happiness when seeing the videos, however, I know that this will slowly fade away as time passes.



I wanted a way to track my overall happiness and excitement in my life, allowing me to monitor, analyze and react to it. As Steve Jobs said, if you notice a downwards trend, it might be time to apply some changes to your life.



## How it works



It's a simple [Telegram Bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots) that will send you a message 3 times a day:



- One in the morning (I'd never reply to the bot before showering)

- One after lunch

- One when going to bed



You can always just text your bot a number, however, I know I'd forget it. That's why the bot sends you those reminders.



It then pulls up this really nice, optimized keyboard in Telegram, with a short description of what each number means.



If you forget to track a day, that's no big deal at all. The database is simple, it looks like this:



```ruby

@_db.create_table :moods do

  primary_key :id

  DateTime :time

  Integer :value

end

```



I decided not to store the information about breakfast, lunch and dinner, as it would make time zones more complex, as [I'm traveling quite a bit](https://whereisfelix.today).



## Future



### Graphs



I want a nice visualization page & dashboard for this. Maybe even just send a weekly and monthly summary via Telegram?



Right now, just send `/graph` to your bot to get your historic mood as a simple graph.



### Alerts



I want my bot to alert me when it detects a downwards trends. Similar to the stock trading approach, I was thinking of using the 7d average (7 days, 3 times a day => 21 data points). It's all relative, so if there is a downwards trends for 2 weeks, there probably is something bothering you



### Integration into 1SE



I usually edit the 1SE videos slightly to have "subtitles" for some of the important life events. Additionally, I throw in the classic [Every day of my life music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_xlkC2DsSI).



Additionally, with that data, I want to overlay my happiness level somehow, probably in the form of a graph, a bar, or a wave. Not sure yet, but I got 11 months to figure that out.



## How to use it



You'll have to setup a few things



- Create a Telegram bot using @BotFather and get the API key, and message ID with you

- Provide those values using `TELEGRAM_TOKEN` and `TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID`

  - To get the `TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID`, send a message to your bot and then access the following URL in your browser `https://api.telegram.org/bot[TELEGRAM_TOKEN]/getUpdates`. You'll see a message, and within that, the Chat ID to use

- And host it on any server, like Heroku, and use the Heroku scheduler feature to call `rake morning`, `rake noon` and `rake evening`

- Make sure the Heroku worker is enabled