7 Days with Reflexion: A Personal Journal
A new approach to understanding user emotions through Reflexion’s advanced AI techniques.
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Over one intense exam week I committed to a nightly Reflexion session. What follows are the unfiltered take-aways, day by day.
Day 1 — Naming the Noise
Opening Reflexion for the first time felt like confronting a crowded room in my head. The emotion wheel revealed a jagged cluster of anxiety ↔ anticipation. Simply tagging those feelings reduced the swirl.
“Writing ‘I am terrified of blanking out’ sounded dramatic but strangely freeing.”
Day 2 — Breathing Graphs
Reflexion’s guided breath timer synced with a real-time heart-rate chart (I connected my watch). I watched BPM drop from 92 → 68 in four minutes — visible proof that calm is trainable.
Day 3 — The ‘Why?’ Ladder
A five-level “why” prompt dug past “I need an A” to a deeper fear of letting my parents down. That sting turned tomorrow’s study plan from hours logged to curiosity regained.
Day 4 — Pattern Alert
Reflexion flagged a repeating trigger: I spiral after late-night TikTok breaks. Tiny habit tweak: phone stays outside the bedroom.
“One push notification did what three self-help books couldn’t.”
Day 5 — Mini Victories
I logged a +2 mood delta after finishing my lab outline. Reflexion celebrated with a confetti animation — cheesy but undeniably uplifting.
Day 6 — Sharing the Graph
I exported my week-to-date “emotion timeline” and sent it to a study buddy. We compared spikes; turns out we crash at the same time every afternoon. Tomorrow we’re co-working at 3 pm to ride the slump together.
Day 7 — Looking Back
My final check-in plotted a steady climb toward calm. Exams still loom, but the fear fog is thinner; I have data-driven evidence that reflection beats rumination.
Seven days of structured self-talk didn’t magically ace my tests — but it did give me the mental whitespace to try. That, I’m learning, is the real grade that matters.