List of 7 practical motivations for self-tracking

Motivations for doing a Lifelogging project:

  • Develop awareness of when/where you do a thing, to be more in control
  • Aid in medical symptom tracking, to better understand and articulate symptoms
  • Learning skills related to a QS project, eg data visualizations
  • For the purposes of art
  • Messing around with hardware you find interesting
  • Making progress in a skill by tracking practice and achievement
  • Aid in medical treatment tracking, eg physical therapy or medication adherence

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