Go over this list the night before your trip:

• What’s your objective? Why do you do it?
• What’s been going on that’s good in your life at this moment?
• What has been challenging?
• What do you want out of this experience?
• What’s your emergency activity list? Things to do that makes you feel better?

During the trip, do this “check yourself” list :

Outlook

Are you more positive or negative? More optimistic or pessimistic? More or less skeptical?

Mental — Notice the thoughts running through your mind.

Are they the same as usual, or different in nature? Are you having more or fewer thoughts than usual? In general, is your mind more clear or more cluttered?

Creative

Are you finding new qualities in things, like stories in objects? Do you find your mind wandering in directions it doesn’t usually? Are you getting more ideas than usual? Do solutions to problems come more easily?

Emotional

Do your feelings take on any different qualities than before? Are there more or fewer feelings experienced than usual?How quickly do you process them before reaching a resolution and moving on? Is sex better, or a different quality?

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