Rehearsing emotional state | Seth’s Weblog

In the event you stroll into the Parthenon or paddle at daybreak on Joe Lake, it’s simple to really feel a way of surprise.

And ready in a protracted line for an necessary flight can set off frustration.

However a lot of the time, our state is automated.

What’s your default? Glad, bitter, anxious, unhappy, curious, grateful, energized, disenchanted, exhausted, keen, bored, hopeful, pissed off, overwhelmed, impressed or nostalgic…

If we are able to set off one for six minutes, maybe we are able to do it for an hour.

We’re extra prone to carry out what we rehearse.

December 1, 2025