Response Reflection Paper

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Approach The approach that will be utilized for my second installment of my emotion diary is experience sampling approach. How this will be conducted is picking specific times each day and writing down exactly how I am feeling in that particular moment. This should yield a wider variety of emotions to analyze, rather than simply looking at the very distinct negative emotions in my last set of entries. My plan for this part of my emotion diary is to document my emotions every day for approximately week at around 12 pm and 9 pm. My prediction for the outcome of these entries is that I will have more positive emotions during the night rather than during the day, as the stress associated with all of the work I need to accomplish will have passed. …show more content…
This is significantly different than the emotion of stress that I was feeling earlier in the day, beginning once I woke up in the morning. The shift throughout the day into a more positive emotion was a result of all of my experiences throughout the course of the day. At around 3 pm, I had completed my second practice test since I took the September LSAT and this prep test was the highest score that I have ever achieved on practice tests, so after me choking on the LSAT this was a confidence booster and made me feel as though I am more prepared this time. After this, I attended Lakehead’s Mental Health Outreach Team’s movie night. This was relaxing and a nice break from the stress that I have been experiencing for the past week and it was nice to spend time with people I don’t usually because of our busy …show more content…
For this installment, I also took the approach of labeling the emotion as either positive or negative as it can sometimes be difficult to really determine the exact emotion that is being encountered. This was also important to balance the larger amount of negative emotions that were present in my first installment with more positive ones. This approach was very beneficial as it gave me a better understanding of the fluctuation of my emotions and what could be causing my negative emotions in contrast to the events that trigger my more positive ones. What can be seen in the entries of this installment is that my emotions can be rather fluid and what I am feeling in the middle of the day is not necessarily what I am going to be experiencing by the end of the night. I also found that I would start the day off more anxious about the amount of work that had to be done, in contrast to the emotions experienced in the evening, which was typically more positive, unless there was a specific event that triggered a more negative