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📈 Diagnosis & next steps · Free printable tool
8-Week Progress Tracker
One line per week to know whether a new treatment, routine or strategy is actually working. Three goals, rated 0-10, same day each week.
Memory rewrites the past to match how you feel today. A number written down every week does not. Rate the same three things on the same day; a change of less than 2 points on 0-10 is usually noise, not a trend.
What is inside
- ✓What I am tracking (a medication, a routine, a strategy, a therapy)
- ✓Start date · agreed with (doctor, therapist, myself)
- ✓My three goals, and how they score today (0 = worst, 10 = best)
- ✓Weekly check-in (same day, same time)
- ✓Week 4 decision: keep / adjust / stop, and why
- ✓Week 8 decision: keep / adjust / stop, and why
- ✓To discuss at my next appointment
How to use it
- 1Print it, or open it on a tablet and fill it with a stylus.
- 2Use it for one week before judging it. New habits need a few repetitions.
- 3Bring it to your doctor or therapist: a filled sheet says more than memory.
This tool supports self-management. It is not a diagnosis and does not replace professional care.
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