One of my projects this year has been reducing neuroticism. Here are some tips I’ve found along the way:
quick tips
“Opposite Action” — for some emotions, do the opposite of what they indicate
eg “feel the fear, do it anyways”
Automatic Negative Thoughts — "is this thought really true?” “what’s the opposite of this thought? is that more true?”
Compiled a first aid kit for processing emotions
insightful resources
Joe Hudson on Making Great Decisions
Decisions are emotional, and there’s fear involved which reduces clarity — so just do the next most obvious thing.
"How do I be in this decision that feels great right now?"
Emotional Inquiry could help regulate emotions.
Joe has a full course on this; Chris James has an excellent write-up here:
Metta meditations, especially Tasshin’s Highest Available Thought Practice, intro’ed to me through Val’s AMAZING substack post:
