Just as our daily routines can influence the rhythm of our lives, the timing of your thymia wellness checks can significantly impact their effectiveness and consistency of results. This guide covers the best times of day to do a wellness check for the most optimal results.

thymia's wellness check provides immediate feedback on your current mental state and serves as a real-time reflection of your wellbeing. We understand that every aspect of your day — including your voice — ebbs and flows in response to your body's natural cycles. For instance, if you conduct the check after a refreshing workout, the results may be different from conducting it after a stressful day at work. Your score history is captured in the Journey feature, allowing you to track your progress over time. Therefore, maintaining consistency in your wellness check schedule can help you get accurate results and build good habits.

Your voice, a key indicator of your emotional and mental state, varies throughout the day. Research suggests that voice quality may alter in the morning when waking up and also late in the evening (Pierce et al., 2021; Vogel & Maruff, 2012). Fatigue is most noticeable in these two times of day and is tied to our circadian rhythms, the natural processes that regulate our sleep-wake cycle and respond dynamically to environmental changes.

For most people, mid-morning to mid-afternoon is the best time for your wellness checking routine - at this time of day, your voice has had time to "wake up" and reach its natural state but is still free from the grogginess of sleep or the weariness at the end of the day. Try to not record immediately after waking up as your voice does need a half hour at least and a drink of water to properly warm up. Being in tune with your body's natural rhythms, this routine ensures that thymia's mental wellness checks provide the best reflection of your wellbeing every time.

So enjoy your usual wake-up routine with breakfast or a cup of coffee, and add in a thymia wellness check to kick-start the day with real-time insight into your mental wellbeing at the start of the day!

If the morning isn’t for you then choose whatever time of day is most comfortable -what matters is that you keep it consistent! By integrating thymia’s wellness scores into your daily routine, you are taking a proactive step toward mastering your own mental wellness narrative and improving your overall mental wellbeing.