Fig. 4: Previous day.

Flipchart recording one participant’s evaluation of her happiness over the course of the previous day. From left to right on the horizontal axis: hours of the day in a typical day. From bottom to top on the vertical axis, smiley faces mark levels of happiness from unhappy to neutral, happy and very happy. Participants would recount their day supported by the author and the research assistants, who would ask questions about the day’s events, using specific times of the day as initial reference points. For example, the author would ask: ‘Taking your mind to yesterday, what were you doing at 9:00 a.m.?’ ‘Who were you with?’ ‘How did you feel?’ Participants marked their happiness level against the time of day on the horizontal axis with an asterisk as they shared the story of the previous day's events with the group. Once the narration was complete, the research assistant would help participants join the asterisks, tracing participants’ wellbeing during the previous day and summarising their story. This activity served as closure and validation for the participant who had shared personal events, and clarified any misunderstandings.