Reflection on Matcha Data

I’ve started my public data tracker this weekend through Twitter and I can say that it’s a pretty exciting platform. It does the job of nudging me to keep posting my thoughts, feelings and activities (as social media platforms tend to do). I am also doing an analog sketch alongside my tweets to document things I am afraid to share.

So far, posting my process to the public has impacted the way I eat. LOL. I was willing to change up the menu –  like throwing a kani 🦀 salad in to make my data tracking more interesting. I think that’s the stigma of public tracking where I try carefully to put out my curated self. I also have pushed myself to be OK with sounding silly, and post truthful comments about my observations.

I have also noticed that in a day where I am feeling low and upset about something, the public tracker doesn’t serve me well. I think in this case I will use the analog tracker to keep me from having a footprint online. Day 2 is when some particular event has derailed my tracking (life happens) I wasn’t emotionally well. I posted one tweet that day.

I will continue doing this for the next 3 months, to understand particular patterns and try to fill as much data I can gather in the course of the project.