Quiz: Are You Tense? A Practical Self Check

Tension is progressive, and the progress is quiet. The mind slightly overcommitted today is the mind exhausted next month, and the gap is filled with days that felt fine. By the time tension announces itself loudly, the crash, the bad sleep, the short temper, it has been present for weeks. The self check reads the sequence instead of waiting for the crash.

Four checks where tension reveals itself most reliably: the morning, the first honest reading; the commute and the in-between; the middle of the day, where the schedule meets reality; and the evening and the body. Covers using the four checks together and starting the morning log tonight.