A Year in Pixels chart is a beautiful method to visualize your mood in a colorful grid. The grid consists of months (horizontal) and day of the month (vertical). Each square (pixel) in this grid represents your (average) mood on a day. The resulting picture looks like a heavily zoomed-in photo in which you can see every single pixel (square). That’s why it is called Year in Pixels.
If you are more a kind of digital person, there are numerous ways to create a Year in Pixels on your phone or notebook.
Let’s call it eYear-in-Pixels, similar to an ebook.
An eYear-in-Pixels comes with pros and cons compared to its analogue version:
It’s not necessarily an either-or question. You could even do both: Keep a digital version on your phone to have a detailed log of your mood and emotions over the day. And additionally, at the end of the day, enter the average mood into your analog version chart. This way, you have the best of both worlds.
If you want to try a digital Year in Pixels approach, take a look at the app Moodistory. It has an awesome introduction into mood tracking, supports mood tracking via Apple Watch, is highly customizable, looks beautiful, and respects your privacy by keeping all data on your phone.
We’ve also created an overview of apps featuring the Year in Pixels chart – read everything in our article: ‘Year in Pixels Apps‘.
