What patterns can and cannot know
Patterns are working hypotheses from what you choose to save. They can notice repeats; they cannot know the whole cause, diagnose you, or read what you keep private.
Patterning in Blue Bonsai means looking for repeated combinations of states, context, time, and practice results in the data you allow the app to use.
- relief when a repeat is named accurately
- uneasiness if a pattern feels too certain
- more agency when a hypothesis points to one small next step
- 'that fits, but it is not the whole story'
- 'I do not want the app to use that entry'
- urge to correct, hide, or clear a pattern that feels off
A pattern can be useful without being a verdict. The app can count what shows up together and remember what you mark as helpful. It cannot know motive, meaning, diagnosis, or the full context of your life. Your corrections matter more than the first guess.
- treating a pattern as a label
- letting one or two entries feel definitive
- keeping data you do not want the app to use
- mark patterns as fits, not quite, or hidden
- use private mode when an entry should stay just for you
- clear current pattern rows from Settings if you want a reset
- look for what supports good states, not only what triggers hard ones
Correct, hide, or use the hypotheses that actually fit.
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