Had a So So Day

Made time to review Mood Sentry this morning, which helped jump start my day.  However, as the day wore on I just found myself in a mild funk.  I think it was mostly a type or emotional reasoning driven not by thoughts but just being tired.  I didn't get a great nights sleep last night.  It probably would have been better for me to sleep in a bit longer rather than getting up early and going to the gym.  I can always change my routine and go to the gym on Tuesday.  Anyway, I've been fairly tired in a sleepy way for most of the day, and I think that contributed to a type of emotional reasoning.  I'll see if I can get a good night's sleep tonight and if I feel better in the am.

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Had an OK Day Today

This was the last day of my vacation, and I had these nagging thoughts that I didn't get enough done this past week and that I would never complete the stuff I wanted to address today.  The result was some procrastination throughout the day.  I managed to have some fun, learn some stuff, and my wife even treated me to dinner down by the marina.  Not bad.  I made time to review My Experiences and reviewed a couple of my entries, which helped me handle these thoughts that came up.  I even made time to do a quick clean up of my work e-mail to jump start my day tomorrow.  There we no major issues.  I have a couple of minor things to address, but that's fine.  Not bad for taking a week off.  I'll set some goals tomorrow and make the time to review My Experiences.  I think it will be a good day.

Regarding Mood Sentry.  After spending the week working on the scripts for the videos, creating the videos, uploading the videos, and updating the website, I'm looking into the next update.  It will be minor stuff, I think.  I may do some clean up of the interface and try to bring the look and feel of both the Android version and iPhone version a little more in-sync with each other.  I'll also fix any bugs people tell me are out there.

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Updated the Videos for Mood Sentry

I spent a chunk of this past week working on the scripts for the videos for Mood Sentry, and today I created the videos.  I'm never ecstatic about my videos, and these are no exception.  There are always errors in the videos, things like slurred speech, awkward pauses, and the occasional cockatiel tweet in the background.  However, these are functional and I hope will help people get a feel for what Mood Sentry is all about.  I did my best to keep them succinct, but they are still kind of long.  I have a total of 6 videos, 3 for Android and 3 for the iPhone.  Here's a link to the Mood Sentry website.  You should be able to tell which videos are for the iPhone and which are for Android by the tabs across the top of the page.  Let me know what you think.

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Another Funk of a Day

I'm not sure what happened, but I winged it today and didn't use the app until this evening.  I think I'm nailing down the thought that is preventing me from doing things.  I hate to share this because it seems kind of silly (Labeling?), but I think the thought is that if I start something, it will take longer than expected and I won't have enough time to get to all the other things I have to do.  This is especially true because all the other things I have to do are all going to take longer than expected too.  The result is I procrastinate doing anything, which really doesn't help and assures that I won't get to all the other things.  I see forecasting as well as all or nothing thinking in these thoughts.  I have the new Task Timer tool, but timing everything I do?  That sounds like a bit much.  Writing this right now is helping.  First, I can combat this with some logic.  Sometime things do take longer than planned, sometimes things take the expected time, and other times they take less time.  I've never had the experience that everything takes longer.  Second, I can use my prioritization scheme to help identify what is important, and focus on those items first.  That should help narrow the list.  For things that repeat, I can use the task timer tool.  I'll also make sure I review My Experiences tomorrow and focus on the forecasting and all or nothing entries.  We'll see how things go tomorrow.

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Had a Funk of a Day

It was tough for me to get motivated to do anything today.  If you've seen the Lethargy example in the Barriers and Breakthroughs tool you'll know what kind of day I had.  I just had a tough time getting motivated to do anything.  I took it one thing at a time, such as updating my finances in Quicken, going to the gym, and going to a coffee shop to read and do some Mood Sentry related stuff.  The example helped, in that focusing on one thing and looking looking back on that thing to see that I did get something done did counter the thought that I wouldn't get anything done today.  However, it was still tough to get motivated to do something else.  I'll work on this tomorrow and see if I can nail down the thoughts that are really driving this mood.  In the meantime I've set some goals for tomorrow to see if that will help.

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Home Now

I was in Santa Barbara the past couple of days, relaxing and having fun.  I noted the other day that I bailed on the event I started the event prep for.  However, I retained the entry I started and will develop it a bit more, mostly for the experience working with that tool.  I don't have too many events that I've tried to prepare for, so even though I canceled the reservation I still want to work through the preparation for future events of that nature.  What I ended up doing was taking a big walk around Santa Barbara, visiting the art museum, zoo, and a learning center on the pier.  It was a fun day.

This morning at checkout I brought up an overnight parking fee with the person at the front desk.  I felt the fee was excessive and not clearly disclosed at reservations.  She thought it should have been in the reservation confirmation.  Since I didn't have that confirmation with me, there wasn't much I could do.  I was glad I brought the subject up, and had been forecasting conflict prior to checking out.  Thinking back, a confrontational response from the staff would be the exception, not the norm.  It was a fairly nice place, and the service was good, in general.  I'll record this experience, and think I'll do a retroactive event prep with it.

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Bailed on the Event Today

Yesterday I posted that I had an event today that I was using the Event Prep tool to prepare for.  Well, I bailed on the event.  The event was a tour I had booked yesterday afternoon.  I decided I had other things to spend my time on today rather than an all-day event, so I canceled the reservation this morning and set about on an alternate agenda for this day.  I had a good time today, and updated my Daily Goals to reflect the revised agenda.  I had a good day today, which is my last day in Santa Barbara.  I'm heading home tomorrow, but will remain on vacation for the remainder of the week.  I'll set goals each day to keep myself focused on things I need to get done.

If you'd like to contribute one of your experiences, reminders, any tool entry or just your thoughts to possibly help others make better use of Mood Sentry, please consider e-mailing the item (or your thoughts) to 4theblog@moodappsllc.com. I'll protect your privacy and keep the source anonymous.

If your therapist would like to contact me with questions or suggestions, have him/her contact me at info@moodappsllc.com.