During the day, I’m busy doing things. It’s often only in the evening, when the lights are on and the room has grown quiet, that I feel ready to open Peilo’s records and look back.
It’s a habit I’ve picked up recently. While I’m busy, I get on with the work. Once I stop, I can ask myself how the day actually felt.
More than “That was a busy day”
I used to reach the end of a day knowing I’d been busy, but struggling to remember much more. What had gone smoothly? Where had I got stuck?
Now I put the times Peilo observed me at my desk and moments such as stretching alongside my memories. The record gives me a few points in time. I fill in what I was doing and how it felt.
Something to take into tomorrow
Looking back this way, I can be more specific: that difficult bit of work in the morning actually went quite well; in the afternoon, a message took me off track.
Those are my reflections on the day. Peilo doesn’t know what the message said or judge how difficult a task was. Its records give me somewhere to begin remembering.
That gives me a little more to go on when I think about tomorrow. I can decide which parts of my routine to keep and what I’d like to try differently.
A little time with myself
I’ve come to value that quiet stretch in the evening. I don’t need to rate the day or come away with a lesson every time. Looking at a few moments and remembering how they felt is worthwhile in itself.
That’s the experience I want Peilo to offer: quiet company while I work, and room to look back once the day is done.
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