Bored, Anxious, Hopeful: How Are You, Really?

Hi All!Sharing this exercise from this morning's wabi-sabi letter:Studies show that periods of disruption, like moving to a new town or getting divorced — or living through a pandemic — can also be opportunities for breaking bad habits and starting healthy new ones. Find this challenge from the New York Times on identifying our feelings emerging from our collective indoor slumber:The ChallengeToday, ask yourself “How are you, really?” Think before you answer. Find a word that describes exactly what you’re feeling. Unsettled? Energetic? Delighted? Frazzled? (Avoid standard answers like “good,” “fine,” or “OK.”) Emotions are brain messengers, and studies show that regularly labeling your emotions and creating a “feeling vocabulary” is good for your health.Identifying your emotions takes practice. Hoffman Institute Foundation has a list of 300 feeling words to help people tune into their exact emotional state. You can download the complete feelings list here.Here are a few options:Positive moods: amazed, appreciative, confident, determined, energized, grounded, inspired, optimistic, refreshed, worthyNegative moods: anxious, bitter, disappointed, edgy, exasperated, gloomy, grouchy, lonely, powerless, wearyAction Item: Ground yourself in sifting through the descriptors for your emotions from a micro-daily view to a big picture feeling of the season. Be ok with conflicting emotions, not everything has to be a cohesive story.How are you doing? Feel free to share your emotions below - let it out!

Bored, Anxious, Hopeful: How Are You, Really?https://wabisabiletter.substack.com/p/wabi-sabi-6221

Bored, Anxious, Hopeful: How Are You, Really?https://wabisabiletter.substack.com/p/wabi-sabi-6221