"FIRST EXAMEN: it consists of demanding of oneself an account of the particular point proposed for correction and reform, running over each hour or each period of time, beginning from the hour of rising, up to the hour and moment of the present examen. On the first line of the diagram as many marks should be made as times one has fallen into the particular sin or defect. Then one should resolve again to do better up to the next examen to be made."
Munitiz, Joseph; Ignatius Of Loyola,. Personal Writings (Penguin Classics) (p. 290). Penguin UK. Kindle Edition.
This depends on the particular sin or defect chosen. Does starting something new in response to a long discernment process count as labor against a sin or defect?
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