THIS WEEK, THE Watch Series 9 prompted me to say “pfffft” out loud. The official version of watchOS 10 dropped on Monday with a new feature called State of Mind. In the Health app, you can pick how often you want State of Mind to ping you, whether it’s at the end of the day or throughout the day. When prompted, you twist the watch’s crown to scroll through colors on a flower-shaped graphic to dial in exactly how pleasant or unpleasant you’re feeling, then answer a question or two about what the feeling is and why you’re feeling it.

I opted to let State of Mind ping me throughout the day. (If I let it ping me only at night, I would mostly say “tired.”) My wrist now buzzes throughout the day, and sometimes at the most inopportune times, like right when I’m lifting the blender down from the shelf. Another time, it buzzed in the middle of my frantic morning rush to get my 6- and 8-year-old kids fed, dressed, and off to school. I laughed heartily at the idea that I had time to log my feelings.

But then I stopped. Who was I? I’m not a paramedic. No one was coding on the table. Was my kid’s first-grade teacher really going to ruin his life if we arrived at 7:51 instead of 7:50? No. I logged my state of mind. Then I went to the bathroom. It’s OK to stop and take a minute. Maybe several. I might even finish my cup of coffee before sitting down to work!

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