Log when a Factor happened

Sometimes it’s not just about tracking whether something happened — the timing matters too. If you want to capture more detail about when a Factor took place during your day, Bearable gives you two options: Time Periods and Factor Ranges. Here’s how each one works.

Option 1: Time Periods (great for correlations)

Time Periods split your day into four chunks

• • PRE (midnight–6am)
  • AM (6am–midday)
  • MID (midday–6pm)
  • PM (6pm–midnight)

This is the best option if your main goal is to see same-day correlations in the Impacts tab — for example, whether something you do in the morning affects your symptoms later that afternoon.

How to turn it on:

1. 1. On your home screen, tap the … icon on the Other Factors section (you can also do this for Symptoms).
   2. Tap Time Periods to toggle it on.
   3. You’ll now be able to log Factors against PRE, AM, MID, or PM from the home screen or your daily check-in.

📝 Note: Time Periods are only available in the Symptoms and Other Factors sections.

Option 2: Factor Ranges (great for more specific timing)

If PRE/AM/MID/PM isn’t precise enough, say you want to know whether taking your meds at 7am vs. 10am makes a difference, you can create a set of separate binary Factors to represent specific times or ranges. Each one is logged as either “happened” or “didn’t happen.”

For example, if you’re testing medication timing, you could create:

• • Took meds at 7am
  • Took meds at 8am
  • Took meds at 9am
  • Took meds at 10am

How to set these up:

1. 1. Tap the … icon on the Other Factors section.
   2. Tap add/edit.
   3. Create a new group to keep things tidy (e.g. “Meds Timing”).
   4. Use the search bar at the top to add each time-based Factor as a binary option.

This way, you’ll be able to see in the Impacts tab exactly how the timing of something correlates with changes in your symptoms, mood, energy, or other health outcomes — something Time Periods alone can’t always capture if the differences fall within the same time period.

Which should you use?

• • Want a simple way to log Factors by general part of the day and see same-day correlations? → Time Periods
  • Want to zoom in on a specific time (like comparing 7am vs. 10am) or a distinguishing factor Time Periods can’t capture? → Factor Ranges
  • Not sure which fits your situation? You’re welcome to use both — Time Periods for the everyday stuff, and Factor Ranges when you need to test something more specific.

As always, we’d recommend keeping things simple to start — only set up as many Factors as you need to answer the question you care about most. You can always add more later.