No clear change after seven days: what next?
An unchanged average is an observation, not a failure. The first week is a checkpoint.
Choose to extend the same experiment by seven or fourteen days, or switch to another activity.
Open my labWhat to notice
Review the number of entries, adherence and variation before deciding.
Record a 1–10 daily rating and whether you tried the activity. A missed day is useful context; it does not erase the rest of your week. At the first checkpoint, you can continue for seven or fourteen days, or choose something else.
How to interpret your result
A short self-report series cannot establish statistical significance. More days may clarify a pattern but will not remove every confounder.
Keep your original prediction separate from the daily ratings. Your starting rating, number of observations and changing circumstances all matter. A personal week can reveal a pattern worth exploring, but it cannot establish cause or statistical significance.
Evidence and context
This guide describes a small personal practice. For the wider research context, see Well-being-focused interventions: network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Research findings describe groups and study conditions; your lab records describe your own experience.