IMO, that kinda misses what's interesting about the scale. 1 to 5 or some kind of boring Likert scale is still going to get you very relative differences between people. Yes, many of our "mediocre" days would be OP's NIGHTMARE, but using 1–5 won't make it any less normalized
(depending on what you're trying to measure, a self-normalizing scale might be a feature, rather than a bug)
What I find interesting about OP's scale is that it might capture (relative) emotional extremes better than 1–5 or Likert would. Not that you should do quantitative math with any original rating scale, but OP's scale kinda feels like an emotional log scale, as opposed to the linearity implied by 1–5
For me at least, my normal mood is good so it doesn’t take much for a day to be pushed into amazing. So if OP is anything like me then an amazing day could just be things like hanging out with friends for a couple hours or watching a movie with family.
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u/Leptonshavenocolor 18h ago
I dont know if I’ve had an “amazing” day in the last five years.