Let the Emotions Diary explain you, to you.
Hey there all,
Where the heck was I last week? Down a freelance rabbit hole.
I skipped Undividing, the gym, meet-ups with friends, and why? Because I had a job and for reasons that really bothered me, I let it take up every single inch of space in my life.
But why, why, why? Well I discovered in T.E.D. that there is another very old story that decided to play out again last week, “the scarcity story.”
This completely irrational assessment of my good fortune is an old story running underneath everything. And TED had a bunch to say about it:
Abundance triggers panic not peace
Everything else gets dropped in the face of an imaginary threat
I’ve learned to earn but not to have, so receiving feels dangerous
Like the You Didn’t Inherit A Fate, You Inherited A Filter T.E.D. this week has also unlocked something very deep, but I was ready for this. And I’m enjoying the work of getting to know myself even more.
Watch the whole video below for the whole story.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE EMOTIONS DIARY
Whatever you can’t figure out in your life, you can figure it out in here. The Emotions Diary is the tool for undividing yourself - understanding why you do, think, and feel the things you do.
You’ll need 4 things:
A notebook
A pen
An open heart
An open mind
And the practice is in 4 steps:
What - Write down what’s going on in your life that you want an answer to; a persistent feeling, a bad habit, not knowing why you did something, general confusion etc.
Ask - Let this formulate into a question. Sometimes the question itself surprises you, as in, oh yeah, that is what I want to ask. Also, you can go straight to the question if you already know what you want to ask.
Wait - Relax. Let the universe do its work. Generally an answer starts coming within seconds for me.
Answer - Write down what it “says.” Don’t overthink, edit it, or interpret it while comes. Receive it like you’re taking dictation. Capture the tone.
And a final note is to dwell with the answer. Feel the layers of it land in you. See what you realize about the knowledge you’ve been given.
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