Mood tracking
Why I pick my mood before I write a word
When I started MindDrop-journaling, the mood buttons felt like a small thing — tap a face, move on. It turned out to be the part I look forward to.
Here's why. Many days, "How am I doing?" is a hard question to answer from scratch (especially for my ADHD brain). But "was today tired or anxious or okay?" — that's easy. One tap and the thinking's already started. MindDrop starts you with 28 different mood buttons, including a blank page if you’d like. Spill out from there.
And because every drop starts with a mood, looking back over weeks of entries shows something the individual entries don't. You notice what keeps showing up. You notice what has shifted. That's what ‘My MindDrop Space’ is for — a simple view of your moods and patterns over time, all private to you.
One honest note: mood tracking isn't diagnosis. It's a mirror, not a medical chart. But for me, the daily tap has been a surprising doorway into my entering and emotional trajectory — the entry flows out of both the mood and entry dialogue instead of out of nowhere.
If journaling has always felt like too big a leap, try starting smaller than words. Just choose a mood emoji instead. Track from there.