a notebook, not a report
Everything Mori currently believes about you, in twelve sections. What you said and what Mori guessed never share a label. Anything here can be confirmed, corrected, hidden, or deleted — the book is yours.
Small and large things that reliably light you up.
Sketching outdoors is one of your most reliable joys.
In your words: “An hour with my sketchbook in the park fixes something in me.”
Why Mori keeps this: You named it directly as a source of joy; Mori uses it to suggest genuinely restorative activities rather than generic ones.
Cooking for people you love lights you up.
Making dumplings with your sister Lena left you “the best kind of tired.”
Why Mori keeps this: Direct statement of joy involving a named person, useful for understanding what connection looks like for you.
Finishing small, self-contained things may lift you more than progress on big projects.
Why Mori keeps this: A tentative pattern about what kind of accomplishment actually lands for you. Mori is watching whether it holds.
What tends to set off tension — named by you or noticed by Mori.
Unclear expectations stress you more than a heavy workload.
You confirmed this on 2 June: “I don't mind hard weeks. I mind guessing what's wanted.”
Why Mori keeps this: Confirmed pattern; helps Mori ask the useful question (“is the ask unclear?”) instead of the obvious one (“is it too much?”).
Sunday evenings often bring a wave of dread about the week.
Why Mori keeps this: You named a recurring hard moment; Mori keeps Sunday check-ins gentler and never schedules planning talks then.
Checking email first thing in the morning may set an anxious tone for your whole day.
Why Mori keeps this: Only two data points. Marked low confidence and kept under observation rather than treated as true.
You seem to dislike your job.
You like the work itself — it's the constant context-switching that wears you down.
Your words, 20 May 2026: “I don't hate my job. I hate doing eight jobs an hour.”
What changed because of this
Why Mori keeps this: Kept as a corrected record so the old mistake stays visible and can't quietly return.
Activities that refill you when you're running low.
A short walk after lunch reliably steadies you on stressful days.
First noticed by Mori on 29 April; you confirmed it on 6 May — “the walk thing is real, by the way.”
Why Mori keeps this: A confirmed, repeatable steadier — one of the first things Mori reaches for when you say a day is going sideways.
Tidying your desk before starting seems to help you settle into work.
Why Mori keeps this: Tentative ritual worth testing — Mori sometimes suggests it on scattered mornings, flagged as an experiment.
Situations that seem to cost you more energy than they give.
Social interactions seem to drain you.
Why Mori keeps this: If true, Mori should avoid suggesting social plans on low-energy days. Held as a hypothesis — it rests on only three events, and they may share something else in common.
Back-to-back video calls leave you foggy for hours.
Why Mori keeps this: Direct statement; Mori uses it to suggest buffers between calls when you plan your day together.
Who matters, and how different company lands with you.
Your sister Lena is your first call when things get hard.
Why Mori keeps this: Knowing who your safe person is helps Mori suggest reaching out to a real human when that's the better move.
Walks with your friend Sam are “easy silence” — no performance required.
Why Mori keeps this: You singled this friendship out as effortless — a useful counterexample when reading your social energy.
One-on-ones with your manager may leave you second-guessing yourself.
Why Mori keeps this: Low confidence and personally sensitive, so Mori holds it loosely and won't act on it without checking with you first.
How rest, timing, and daily rhythm shape your days.
Nights under about 6½ hours reliably precede low-mood mornings.
You confirmed this on 28 June after Mori showed you the pattern across nine mornings.
Why Mori keeps this: Confirmed link between sleep and mood; Mori reads hard mornings through this lens before assuming anything deeper.
You're a night owl by nature — your schedule just isn't.
Why Mori keeps this: Background fact about your rhythm; keeps Mori from moralizing about early mornings.
Reading fiction before bed seems to help you fall asleep faster than scrolling does.
Why Mori keeps this: A promising lever for the sleep–mood link above. Needs more nights to be more than a guess.
How you like to be met when things are hard.
When you're upset, you want to be heard first — solutions only if you ask.
Confirmed 18 April, ten days in: “If I want fixing, I'll say ‘fix it.’”
Why Mori keeps this: The single most important rule for how Mori responds when you're low. Confirmed by you, early and clearly.
Gentle humor helps — except when the topic is family.
Why Mori keeps this: A boundary you set explicitly. Mori's humor setting has a hard exception carved out for family topics.
Explicit requests — kept exactly as you gave them.
Your mother's birthday is 3 September — you want to start planning early this year.
Why Mori keeps this: You explicitly asked Mori to hold this date and the early reminder.
Flag it when you call yourself “lazy” — you're retiring that word.
Why Mori keeps this: A standing request from you. Mori has flagged it twice since; both times you thanked it.
Therapy is on Tuesdays — you prefer a lighter check-in those evenings.
Why Mori keeps this: Scheduling boundary you set; Mori keeps Tuesday evenings short and soft.
Mori's tentative guesses. Unproven, clearly labeled, yours to correct.
Finishing small, self-contained things may lift you more than progress on big projects.
Why Mori keeps this: A tentative pattern about what kind of accomplishment actually lands for you. Mori is watching whether it holds.
Checking email first thing in the morning may set an anxious tone for your whole day.
Why Mori keeps this: Only two data points. Marked low confidence and kept under observation rather than treated as true.
Tidying your desk before starting seems to help you settle into work.
Why Mori keeps this: Tentative ritual worth testing — Mori sometimes suggests it on scattered mornings, flagged as an experiment.
Social interactions seem to drain you.
Why Mori keeps this: If true, Mori should avoid suggesting social plans on low-energy days. Held as a hypothesis — it rests on only three events, and they may share something else in common.
One-on-ones with your manager may leave you second-guessing yourself.
Why Mori keeps this: Low confidence and personally sensitive, so Mori holds it loosely and won't act on it without checking with you first.
Reading fiction before bed seems to help you fall asleep faster than scrolling does.
Why Mori keeps this: A promising lever for the sleep–mood link above. Needs more nights to be more than a guess.
Inferences you've looked at and said: yes, that's true of me.
Unclear expectations stress you more than a heavy workload.
You confirmed this on 2 June: “I don't mind hard weeks. I mind guessing what's wanted.”
Why Mori keeps this: Confirmed pattern; helps Mori ask the useful question (“is the ask unclear?”) instead of the obvious one (“is it too much?”).
A short walk after lunch reliably steadies you on stressful days.
First noticed by Mori on 29 April; you confirmed it on 6 May — “the walk thing is real, by the way.”
Why Mori keeps this: A confirmed, repeatable steadier — one of the first things Mori reaches for when you say a day is going sideways.
Nights under about 6½ hours reliably precede low-mood mornings.
You confirmed this on 28 June after Mori showed you the pattern across nine mornings.
Why Mori keeps this: Confirmed link between sleep and mood; Mori reads hard mornings through this lens before assuming anything deeper.
When you're upset, you want to be heard first — solutions only if you ask.
Confirmed 18 April, ten days in: “If I want fixing, I'll say ‘fix it.’”
Why Mori keeps this: The single most important rule for how Mori responds when you're low. Confirmed by you, early and clearly.
Things Mori got wrong — kept visible, because the mistakes matter too.
You seem to dislike your job.
You like the work itself — it's the constant context-switching that wears you down.
Your words, 20 May 2026: “I don't hate my job. I hate doing eight jobs an hour.”
What changed because of this
Why Mori keeps this: Kept as a corrected record so the old mistake stays visible and can't quietly return.
What Mori is still wondering about, gently.
Is it the movement, the daylight, or simply the break that makes the lunch walk work?
Why Mori keeps this: If the answer is “daylight,” winter will need a different plan. Worth finding out before November.
Is the Sunday dread about the week ahead — or about losing the weekend's unstructured time?
Why Mori keeps this: The two explanations call for very different Sunday-evening support, so Mori is holding both.
Does sketching on paper give you something the tablet doesn't? You've hinted at it, never quite said it.
Why Mori keeps this: A small curiosity about a big joy. Low stakes; Mori will ask someday when it fits.
You steer around the subject of your dad. Would you like Mori to leave it alone entirely, or hold it gently for someday?
Why Mori keeps this: Stored as a question rather than an inference, because it's yours to define — you can also make it off-limits on the Teach page.