TED Talks Daily What happened when I started scoring my life every day | Chris Musser
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Jan 28, 2026 
Chris Musser, a management consultant who created a nine-dimension daily life tracker, shares his experiment in quantifying flourishing. He describes why he measured more than health. He explains the 90-second nightly survey, how it revealed cognitive distortions and patterns like Monday slumps, and how tracking exposed neglected priorities such as marriage.
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Life Becomes Measurable
- Measuring life across defined dimensions makes flourishing knowable and manageable.
- Chris Musser turned ancient and modern research into nine dimensions he tracks daily in 90 seconds.
Quarter‑Life Reckoning
- At 33 Chris confronted unmet expectations after earlier grand ambitions fueled by his mother's encouragement.
- That crisis prompted him to evaluate friendships, work, contribution, and character more seriously.
From Fine To Flourishing
- Only a minority report thriving; many accept surviving as normal.
- Chris used this gap to ask how to move from being merely "fine" to flourishing.
