the mood thermometer

the mood thermometer.jpg
 

time required: 10 seconds

instructions for use: anytime you feel like it — in a given day, week, month, year, life — turn inwards and ask yourself: how do I feel right now, on a scale of 1-10? then, share the thermometer with others.

for advanced users: consider asking yourself these questions. keep an ongoing mental log of your answers

  • what am I doing right now?

  • what does this number like feel in my body?

  • how would I describe what I'm feeling?

  • what would feel good right now?

  • what would take this a number up?

notes: all measurements are highly subjective per person. your 9 will feel very different from my 9.

my ongoing thermometer notes

  • 10 - in transcendence

  • 9 - a state of bliss

  • 8 - in love with life

  • 7 - feeling good

  • 6 - comfortable

  • 5 - I am "fine"

  • 4 - uncomfortable

  • 3 - a dark place.

  • 2 - abyss. trying to survive the hour

  • 1 - abyss. trying to survive the the moment

when my number goes below a 4, that's when I pull out the pain thermometer. more on this later.

the goal: is to take your average daily number up, and to observe the moment-to moment, ongoing fluctuations.

 
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