Contentment - What's It Really Look Like? - The Emotions Diary #26

I learned this week that it's about feeling fulfilled and being myself in everything I do.

Let the Emotions Diary explain you, to you.

Hey there all,

A big part of undividing the world is undoing the divisions we feel in ourselves. And the Emotions Diary is an incredible tool for that. The instructions for how to do The Emotions Diary are down the bottom of this email every week.

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Yesterday’s Emotions Diary AMA

I had a blast doing this live. Over 100 folks showed up for it, and we were able to dive into:

• what the Emotions Diary is

• when did it come into my life

• richer discussions around the four steps - what, ask, wait, and answer

• plus the biggest question - who is the one answering?

Here’s a clip from last night about using The Emotions Diary for all kinds of emotions:

And the whole hour video you can find here:

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This week’s Emotions Diary

This week I asked “Why did I think contentedness would look and feel different to this?” It was in reference to feeling something and realising it doesn’t look like I thought it would. The Emotions Diary had some great wisdom to share…

• All feelings can’t be filmed, only felt

• Contentedness comes from feeling fulfilled and realising you can be “you” in every part of your life.

I realised after I filmed that the act of doing Undividing with all of you had undivided me.

This week I’m going to notice where I’m feeling content, and also when I’m not and look at what’s going on there that throws my content out the window. Watch the whole video here:

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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.