Porpoising Today

Been porpoising in and out of stress today, mostly work related.  I have a project that is important and is due later this month.  It feels like it's not gelling like it should be at this point.  That looks like a should statement, but the real issue is overgeneralizations.  We'll never get this done.  It's going to require all my time between now and the due date to complete.  Neither of those is true, those are just thoughts that pop into my head.  I'm countering them by focusing on the scope of the project, which really is manageable.  Another way I can address these is the so what if we don't get it done, then what? That's not the best way to approach this because it really is a high priority item for the group.  I'll stick with assessing the scope and the team that is available to help.  I do have to put in extra time between now and the due date, but that's typical for projects like this.  I'll get through this.

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Had an OK Day Today

I was feeling kind of stressed this morning and tracked it down to should statements regarding inputs to my project.  Other people "should" have gotten me their inputs.  I was able to successfully challenge these should statements, though it wasn't a slam dunk.  I thought about it, and it would have been nice if they had gotten me their inputs, but they didn't and not due to lack of trying.  I know they all tried and kept me in the loop.  They let me know early when there was going to be a problem and that's what they really "should" have done.  I was able to  work around their inputs.  On one more note, the schedule was very aggressive, which is obvious in hind sight.  When I stated this wasn't a slam dunk, what I meant was that it took a couple of hours for this logic to sink in.  That's typical for me.  Sometimes counter arguments take a while to sink in.  The trick for me is to keep at it.

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Been Updating the Website

Lots of little things to update.  Yes, I did think I'll never get this done, but I'm much better at handling thoughts like that these days.  I updated every screen shot on the site, I re-did the Contact page to better reflect the contact screen on the app, I updated the home page and created two tools pages, one for Journaling Tools and one for Thriving Tools.  I added pages for the 4 new tools, including screen shots, I deleted the old Support page (replaced by the Contact page), and had to re-build the navigation bar.  It's been a while since I did any edits to the page so I forgot how to edit the website, but I was able to figure things out fairly quickly.  There is still more tuning of the site to do because it's built for the Android version.  I need to update the text a bit more to apply to the iPhone version.  I started doing that with this update, but still have some more things to do in that regard.  Check it out...
http://www.moodsentry.com

One more thing.  I didn't update the screen shots on Apple's app store.  I won't be able to do so until my next binary update.  Store policy that started this past January dictates that I can't change the screenshots one I post the update on the store.  I may release a simple update to let me change the screenshots.  Of course, I could live with the old screen shots.  We'll see.

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Reviewed Several Entries This Evening

I spent some time reviewing several of my entries this evening and believe I can see a difference between how I was when I made some of these entries and how I am.  However, I still see room for improvement.  I have a tendency to take things personally and can see that in some of my entries.  Based on my recent experience with the job offer I rejected, I can still see some of that.  However, I recognized it this past time around and did an OK job keeping those thoughts under wraps.  I only think I did OK because I still knocked myself off-axis for a few days taking the offer of a demotion personally, rather than just a business decision on someone else's part.  However, my point with this entry is to let you know that stopping and simply reviewing multiple entries you make in the app is a good thing to do every now and then.

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Still Working the Updates

I realized that I need to update the screen shots on the Android and iPhone markets, as well as on the website.  When I realized that, I caught myself slipping into some Overgeneralizations of the type "I'll never get this done."  Meaning that I won't update everything I need to for this release.  I also had a should statement like "I should have thought of this before I released it."  I caught both and was able to counter the overgeneralization with some simple analysis.  I just ran a mental note of which pictures I need to update, as well as which verbiage.  I'm good as long as I get it done fairly quickly.  Regarding the should statement, I asked myself what harm have I done?  None that I can think of, so why "should" I have done it.  It would have been good to think of this before the release and upload new screen shots while waiting for the new version to work its way through the process, but there's really no harm generating the screen shots and uploading them after the new versions have been released.  I'm feeling fairly comfortable with this.

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New Version is Released

I released the new version on both Android and iPhone this evening.  As stated earlier, rather than one tools list there are now two.  One list is for Journaling tools which provide different structures for capturing your thoughts.  The other list is for Thriving tools which provide different ways of preparing for the future.  There was a bug fix in the iPhone version in regards to the text box that displays the reminder time.  Also, the hints were updated a bit in some of the tools to provide a touch more detail on how that specific tool functions.  Let me know what you think.

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New Tool: Barriers and Breakthroughs

This is a new tool that will be in the next release.  This is a two window tool, like the Event Log.  The top window is for entering in thoughts that serve as barriers to actions of feeling good.  The kind of thoughts that may be getting in your way of doing things.  The lower window is for those thoughts that will help you breakthrough those barrier thoughts and achieve what you'd like to achieve.  There is an example, and like all examples probably tells you more about me than you care to know.  I hope this tool helps.  Expect the updates to be released this week.

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.