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Re:Ask HN: Ive quit six systems for tracking my illness. Wha... by placidpanda on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @02:42PM (#49350553)
Moving into the "physical world" helped me immensely.

* A paper calendar (ideally the kind with boxes for each day) * Prompts inside the boxes if relevant, like for pill 1, pill 2, pill 3 * Dedicated physical space, with the associated stuff you need all together (including a pen/pencil!), somewhere that you will see it as part of your normal day to day

I also use phone reminders or spreadsheets for long term tracking where appropriate, but the day to day this lo-fi method works best. I scan or transcribe stuff into a spreadsheet at the end of the page if I need to keep it.

Re:Ask HN: Ive quit six systems for tracking my illness. Wha... by Abh1Works on Thursday August 20, 2026 @06:09PM (#49380935)
Yes actually! I recently bough a very expensive pen and kind of guilt me into writing and using physical media. I haven't really solved the problem of analyzing this data though (Ive tried scanning but stopped because its kind of alot of effort).