I have struggled with self-reflection and enjoyment of self since I was dropped on this Earth, many years ago. Blame autism or any of the other mental imbalances and neurotransmitter artifacts: I can’t really judge myself most of the time.
When you are not able to really see how your day is and your inner self feels, then you are not in touch with an important part of your soul.
To remedy this I have taken as one resolution for the new year to “rate my days”.
Like a restaurant -from one to five stars. A five-star day being the best and most recommended, while the one-star day is a day among the worst possible ones. Maybe with commentary or initials to help me remember later what really transpired, if I need to go into details.
And what are the metrics for this? How do we get to the datapoints and the cutoffs that make the result? Where are the rubrics and the standards tests?
Not that there are any as all of this is subjective, but in terms of simplicity it would be nice to go to bed at night thinking “today was a five-star day. It was demanding, it was strange. I feel good about tomorrow”.
A simple datapoint that will help me encapsulate everything in order to understand myself better, and to improve.
That is my humble request for the new year. To improve and be better.