A Year Of Lessons From The Emotions Diary - The Emotions Diary #44

I go back through all my old Emotions Diary entries from the last 12 months to see what I've learned, and am still learning.

Let the Emotions Diary explain you, to you.

A pic a friend snapped in my kitchen about a year ago today - thanks Wolfie!

Hey there all,

So last week, I said I’d go through my Emotions Diary entries to see how much I’d changed in a year. It’s been a great exercise for me to see the proof that it’s been quietly doing its work in the background.

I could have talked for an hour about all the things I’ve learned and am still learning, but I summarised it as:

• The three biggest actions T.E.D.’s changed.

• The three biggest emotional states that it’s changed.

• Plus the greatest take out of all - I trust myself more than I ever have.

Watch the video to see everything The Emotions Diary had to say this week:

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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.