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Some other posters have noted there are apps for broad personal data, but this is a whole other level that I think could be super valuable for those who want to build a scheme as they go. The blocker for me is that it’s not an app - if I’m going to do this kind of logging, it needs to be something I can put on my phone.

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Apple Shortcuts or similar can handle this efficiently. Can even pump it straight into other apps like Apple Health to visualize a variety of metrics that you want to log. Multiple apps too, one tap can enter a metric into Health, log it into another app, and then into a text file.

Takes a bit of upfront work to personalize it, but it's mostly just tedious not actually strenuous.

What works for me is that when I'm on the go, I just write events into a text file on my phone.

2023-06-27 16:00 Drink_Coffee? Yes

And type them into my log when I'm at home. Sounds cumbersome, but it's in fact quite easy. I also log the time I spend on the self-tracking project and while it's one of my main projects, it only takes 10 to 15 minutes per day.

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