My mental health is okay at the moment. I spent the last few years in therapy, which helped me work through a lot of intellectual and emotional scar tissue. I'm

My mental health is okay at the moment. I spent the last few years in therapy, which helped me work through a lot of intellectual and emotional scar tissue. I'm no longer on antidepressants, and it's nice not having a dry mouth all the time. I have little questionnaires and signposts that I have developed for myself. I write a weekly-ish email to a list of friends, and if I don't have anything to say, I know that I haven't had enough time for reflection, which will make everything else cascade. It's not the reflection itself, but the absence of reflection is a good proxy. Similarly, I try to stay aware of how "tattered" my mental state is. Sleep, diet, enough space in my life where reflection occurs naturally, and enough physical exertion that I don't feel awful are the biggest factors at this point.