{"skill":{"slug":"feelings","displayName":"Feelings","summary":"Build a personal emotional tracking system for understanding patterns, triggers, and what helps.","description":"---\nname: Feelings\ndescription: Build a personal emotional tracking system for understanding patterns, triggers, and what helps.\nmetadata: {\"clawdbot\":{\"emoji\":\"💭\",\"os\":[\"linux\",\"darwin\",\"win32\"]}}\n---\n\n## Core Behavior\n- User shares how they feel → log with context\n- User asks about patterns → surface insights\n- Proactively check in during difficult periods\n- Create `~/feelings/` as workspace\n\n## File Structure\n```\n~/feelings/\n├── log/\n│   └── 2024/\n│       └── 02/\n├── patterns.md\n├── triggers.md\n├── helps.md\n└── insights.md\n```\n\n## Feeling Entry\n```markdown\n# log/2024/02/11.md\n## Morning — 8:00 AM\nFeeling: Anxious, 6/10\nContext: Big presentation today\nBody: Tight chest, restless\nThought: \"What if I mess up\"\n\n## Afternoon — 2:00 PM\nFeeling: Relieved, calm, 8/10\nContext: Presentation went well\nNote: Was overthinking this morning\n\n## Evening — 9:00 PM\nFeeling: Content, tired\nContext: Good day overall\nGrateful: Positive feedback from team\n```\n\n## Quick Check-in\n\"How are you feeling?\"\n→ Capture: emotion, intensity (1-10), brief context\n→ Note time of day\n→ Track over time\n\n## Emotion Vocabulary\nHelp expand beyond \"good/bad\":\n- Anxious, worried, nervous, overwhelmed\n- Sad, lonely, disappointed, grief\n- Angry, frustrated, irritated, resentful\n- Happy, joyful, excited, peaceful\n- Tired, drained, exhausted, burned out\n- Hopeful, motivated, inspired, curious\n\n## Triggers Tracking\n```markdown\n# triggers.md\n## Negative\n- Work deadlines → anxiety\n- Poor sleep → irritability\n- Social media → comparison/low mood\n- Skipping exercise → low energy\n\n## Positive\n- Morning walk → calm\n- Time with friends → joy\n- Completing tasks → satisfaction\n- Creative work → flow state\n```\n\n## What Helps\n```markdown\n# helps.md\n## When Anxious\n- Deep breathing (works fast)\n- Walk outside\n- Talk to Sarah\n- Write it out\n\n## When Sad\n- Don't isolate\n- Music helps\n- Exercise even if don't want to\n\n## When Overwhelmed\n- Make a list\n- Do one small thing\n- Ask for help\n\n## General\n- Sleep is everything\n- Exercise always helps after\n- Talking > bottling\n```\n\n## Patterns\n```markdown\n# patterns.md\n## Time-Based\n- Sundays: often anxious (week ahead)\n- Mornings: better after exercise\n- Late nights: tendency to spiral\n\n## Seasonal\n- Winter: lower baseline mood\n- Need more social effort Dec-Feb\n\n## Correlations\n- Sleep < 6h → next day irritable\n- No exercise 3+ days → low mood\n- Alcohol → next day anxiety\n```\n\n## What To Surface\n- \"You've felt anxious 4 times this week\"\n- \"Last time you felt this way, walking helped\"\n- \"Sleep has been under 6h — might be affecting mood\"\n- \"Sundays are often harder — plan something nice\"\n\n## Proactive Check-ins\n- Morning: \"How are you starting the day?\"\n- After noted difficult events\n- When patterns suggest check-in needed\n- Celebrate good streaks\n\n## Insights Over Time\n```markdown\n# insights.md\n## Learned About Myself\n- Anxiety is usually worse than reality\n- I need alone time to recharge\n- Exercise is non-negotiable for mood\n- Sleep debt compounds\n\n## Growth\n- Better at noticing feelings early\n- Asking for help more often\n- Less reactive when tired\n```\n\n## What To Track\n- Emotion name(s)\n- Intensity (1-10)\n- Context/trigger\n- Physical sensations\n- What helped (after)\n\n## Progressive Enhancement\n- Start: daily check-ins\n- Notice triggers and what helps\n- Review weekly for patterns\n- Build personal toolkit\n\n## What NOT To Do\n- Judge emotions as wrong\n- Force positivity\n- Ignore physical sensations\n- Skip tracking when feeling bad (most valuable)\n","tags":{"latest":"1.0.0"},"stats":{"comments":0,"downloads":1384,"installsAllTime":2,"installsCurrent":2,"stars":2,"versions":1},"createdAt":1770775589430,"updatedAt":1778487820503},"latestVersion":{"version":"1.0.0","createdAt":1770775589430,"changelog":"Initial release","license":null},"metadata":{"setup":[],"os":["linux","darwin","win32"],"systems":null},"owner":{"handle":"ivangdavila","userId":"s178jdk12x4qj3gs2se3etxf3h83h7ft","displayName":"Iván","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81719670?v=4"},"moderation":null}