You document what matters. Athletes log training. Scientists log experiments. This course logs something harder to see: you. Every lesson from here on ends with an optional two-minute check-in — a mood, three good things, and why they happened.
Why three good things — and whys
Naming three good things from your own day is one of the most-studied exercises in positive psychology. The step that does the work is the WHY: "I fixed the bias lab — because I stopped blaming the model and rebalanced the data." Cause and effect, written by you, about you. Over weeks you build a written record of your own progress.
The thought record
- When a rough moment gets a soundtrack — "I’m bad at this" — write the thought down.
- Weigh evidence FOR and AGAINST it, like a fair judge, not a prosecutor.
- Write the balanced version: "First drafts miss; my fixes land." It should be true as well as encouraging.
Private by design: entries stay in your browser. The system only records THAT you reflected (+25 XP), never WHAT you wrote. Nobody grades your journal — including us.