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What does integrity mean in my online interactions and how do I feel when I participate in gossip or negativity?

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When you post something and then spend the next hour watching who liked it do you feel like you're waiting for a verdict?

SocialMetaemotions

Notice the next time you feel embarrassed about an emotion this week and write one sentence about whether you'd feel that way if a friend had it.

ActionMetaemotions

Commit this year to learning one concrete thing about how your emotions work whether through a book a therapist or a course so you feel less caught off guard by your own reactions.

ActionEmotions

Notice the next time you feel angry at yourself for feeling sad and write down whether that reaction is fair or just habit.

ActionMetaemotions

Notice the next time you tell yourself you shouldn't feel a certain way and write down why.

ActionMetaemotions

Notice the next time you feel annoyed at yourself for being sad and write one sentence about whether that annoyance is doing you any good.

ActionMetaemotions

Notice the next time you feel bad about feeling good and write one sentence about whether that second feeling is actually doing anything useful.

ActionMetaemotions

Write down one emotion you feel bad about having and why it makes sense.

ActionMetaemotions

The next time you feel embarrassed about feeling scared write down one sentence about what the fear is actually pointing at.

ActionMetaemotions

Write down a feeling you usually call bad and one thing it might be protecting you from.

ActionEmotions

Do you ever feel like you are over processing your emotions instead of just feeling them?

SocialMetaemotions

Write down one feeling you judge yourself for having on a good day and ask whether that judgment is doing anything useful.

ActionMetaemotions

Write down one emotion you feel bad about feeling and one honest reason having it doesn't make you a bad person.

ActionMetaemotions

Write down one feeling you judge yourself for having at work and ask whether you'd judge a colleague for feeling the same way.

ActionMetaemotions

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