[mg]

I am doing this with VIM and a text file:

https://www.gibney.org/a_syntax_for_self-tracking

9625 entries and counting.

I was planning to start writing the software to analyze causations when I have 10k entries. But I recently started already. It turned out to become a new project that feels a lot like a javascript based jupyter alternative running in the browser.

[starmftronajoll]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this. The simplicity (yet versatility) of your 8 rules appeals to me.

[mmmmmbop]

If you're willing to share: have you discovered any unexpected causal links yet?

[mg]

Hard to say.

My tool so far does not output p values. At the moment, it visualizes possible cause/effect relationships in kind of a dot cloud. It shifts all effects in time relative to the possible cause. So an effect would look like a dent in the graph on the right side of the origin.

Some cause/effect pairs look interesting. But I want to gather more data and implement appropriate statistical tests before I publish something.

It is an interesting question, which statistical tests to apply to this kind of open log format. If anybody here has ideas about this, I would be very interested in hearing them.

[Blahah]

Super interesting question! Some combination of NLP and classical time series stats will probably show lots of interesting things.

What's the density over time of the entries? I.e. How many entries per day? And are you consistently recording the same kinds of events and information about them? How many different kinds of events?

[mg]

Have you seen the link I posted? I think it answers most questions and is a good starting point for a discussion.

[ysavir]

Are there any entries about recording entries?

[alexpotrivaev]

oh wow, that's a lot of entries!

[systemvoltage]

Impressive and this is awesome, but you've only covered one aspect of it: logging. Logging is of no use (perhaps except the conciousness it brings in the process of writing things down) unless you have a way to query, analyze and gain meaningful insights from all this data. Have you done that? Thanks for camping out at the summit of HN's peak :-)