Rating for 9/16: 3

I'd like to articulate three principles that I plan to use for my ratings. The first is that my scores will be a function of how well I applied my will, without regard to the outcome. So, for example, if I decide to research possible internet providers, and I spend the day looking without finding anything useful, I'll still rate the day well, because I did what I was capapable of doing, namely, researching instead of sitting around, and the fact that I didn't end up finding anything won't affect the score. Or, if I bike to the library to return a book, and when I arrive it's closed due to some freak accident, I won't penalize myself for returning a book late. Those examples sucked, but I think they made the point. The second principle is that, in almost every instance my scores won't consider whether or not my goals were well formed. So, for example, if I were still looking for a job, and I decided that it would be a good idea to create a profile on a job search website, and spent the time uploading my resume, and then I found out that the site sucked and no one ever finds jobs by using it, I'd still reward my initiative for creating the profile, even if it turned out to be useless. I will penalize myself, however, if I fail to utilize the knowledge that I gain in future situations. So in the future if I used that website again (I don't know why I would), I would penalize myself for wasting time. Again, bad example, but I think I made my point. The reason for that one is that I can't be expected to know everything a-priori--I'll make mistakes, and hopefully learn from them, but I interpret the rating system as only taking into account how well you use the resources that you have on hand, and at the time, i.e., energy, knowledge, money, time, etc. The third principle is that my rating will reflect how well I did what I was trying to do, not how much work I did per se. This brings me to yesterday's rating. Yesterday was meant to be a day of rest, so I'm not penalizing myself for not working, since I wasn't supposed to. However, I do think it's possible to do better or worse when relaxing. For example, I find reading and playing video games equally relaxing, but the former is obviously more beneficial, so I'd rate myself higher if I relaxed all day by reading instead of playing games. Well, yesterday I did both, more on the side of virtue than vice, but only barely, hence the three.