I've started doing something called "thought records" which is kind of similar to what you're doing. It's to help me with anxiety. You basically list where you are and what your feeling, what your negative thoughts are and arguments against those thoughts.
![[Art] My Changing Moods](https://storage.googleapis.com/paperdemon-prod-la/submissions/thumbs/art_img_thumb_36266_b32b13a69533ce85231bf766890ec4c25ebc759229477.jpg)
(In the form of even _more_ hard work, but I expected that; Thinking about it, it's the reason I was so excited & punching the air)