Another day, another chapter… I didn’t get to read chapter 7 as much as I would have liked to, but! I got to spend more time with my partner and that made me much happier than anything.

Mood Tracker

Tip: For Mood, do your best to label the emotion (despair, frustration, joy, anxiety, contentment, confusion, hope, etc.)

Morning

Mood: My mood was excited, because my love was coming home today

Mood Intensity (1-10): 8

Physical Sensations: got a big jittery and wanted to do housework and shopping, so I can make it easier for my love.

Root Cause: My partner coming home of course

Afternoon

Mood: Elated and tired

Mood Intensity (1-10): 8

Physical Sensations: I wanted to move, but was tired

Root Cause: My partner came home!! it’s so nice to see her in person

Night

Mood: Relaxed

Mood Intensity (1-10): 6

Physical Sensations: Relaxed

Root Cause: Got to spend time with her and was able to relax a bit

Understanding Yourself

Tip: For thought patterns, try to see if there are any repeating or intrusive thoughts and write them down whether it’s positive, negative, or neutral.

Thought Patterns: I’d say, I had an overall positive day. But I got too much happy thoughts that all bad thoughts just disappeared. I know it’s bad to ignore them, so I’d make sure to come back to them and resolve it.

Tip: Describe the mood you’ve felt throughout the day and try to understand where it’s coming from.

Emotional Description: When I have good time with my partner without any fighting, it’s just so relaxing and lovely. There’s nothing better than this…

Tip: Try to write down your behaviors or actions that resulted from your mood.

Actions/Behaviors: I’m relaxed and even slept with her for a bit! I was so happy that I just passed out after a buffet!

Tip: Write down any problems that you are facing right now that are unrelated to your mood.

External influences: There really was nothing… But I’m scared that I might be so happy because I haven’t seen her in a while. What if we overdo it with spending too much time together…

Self-Compassion

Tip: Write down everything you can do short (within a week), medium (within 3 months), and long (3 months to years) term.

Short: I’d love to maintain this good feelings with her

Medium: While maintaining this good environment, be able to bring up the hard stuff gently so we can make this partner/love circle stronger.

Long: Make it into a habit for us to be able to tackle any issues at any time. No matter how stressful our situation may be, we should be able to bring up our problems to each other! Especially the ones about each other.