Using What You Already Have
Hello Reader,
These past two weeks I've been unpacking boxes and ideas (see what I did there?)
Here are three things on that theme to turn overthinking into expert thinking:
- “Communication is about what is received, not what is intended. If there is a gap between what you are saying and what they are hearing, you have to find a new way to say it.” — James Clear, author of Atomic Habits
- Long before I became an underthinking coach, I was an overthinking academic. After that tough slog, I’m no longer interested in picking up new tools. I want to use the ones I have better…and help you do that, too. In an article that's doing surprisingly well on Medium, I share several ways you are already a language expert
- In similar fashion, Julian Frazier unpacks the difference between feelings and emotions on Medium
This week's underthinking link is about words we don't have (but other languages do): Eunoia. Thinking score: 4/10.
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Extra thoughts…
If link #3 above seems like PhD-level adulting, you may be part of the 10% of the population that struggles with identifying feelings and/or interoception. There's a technical term for this struggle: alexithymia
Somewhat relatedly, the book I'm co-authoring, Lens Not Label, is in need of some explanatory words in the form of a subtitle! We encourage you to cast your vote or suggest your own idea here.
Best wisheswords,
Kim
PS. And because it's the spooky season (my favorite), here's my updated list of 10 clever horror films you've probably not seen. How many of these have you watched? And what's missing from this list?
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