Turning Terror Into Something Helpful - The Emotions Diary #52

If fear and excitement use are two sides of the same coin, I'd like to flip it.

Let the Emotions Diary explain you, to you.

Hey there all,

I thought I’d start this year feeling excited about my new business. Instead, I’ve been feeling something like terror. It’s been going for weeks so today I thought I’d get to the bottom of it.

And like most times with the Emotions Diary, I wish I’d asked it earlier. Because like every time, it had a lot to say:

• Terror comes from thinking there’s a mortal ending to what you’re doing, which there isn’t.

• This is really about the fear of failing in public.

• And I’m in the testing phase still, so nothing is really at stake.

The instructions are down the bottom of every Emotions Diary email. Watch the video to see everything The Emotions Diary had to say this week:

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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.