SavoringSavoring is a useful strategy for experiencing and extending positive emotions. Check out this activity to learn how to practice savoring the moment.
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Some of the skill-building activities on this website help you develop greater potential for happiness - for example, skills like growth mindset. Other skills help you directly increase you happiness in the moment. One of those skills is savoring.
Savoring is when you intentionally try to make your positive emotions last longer or be stronger. Regularly engaging in savoring has been shown to contribute to improved well-being, so let’s practice savoring. Activity: SavoringIn this activity, you will spend 10 minutes writing about a happy, joyful or pleasant event that happened earlier THIS WEEK.
For example, you could write about: “A good conversation you had with a friend.” 1. Write about the people, smells, sounds, physical sensations, and sights that you experienced at the time of the event. 2. Focus on the positive emotions that you felt during and right after this event. 3. Focus on how this event occurred and how you created this situation for yourself. 4. Write about anything else that makes you feel good about this event. What do people savor?Thank you to everyone who submitted your responses to this activity! We can now share some common themes that emerged among our community.
In the Berkeley Well-Being Institute community, you most often chose to savor:
To keep savoring, check out this article with more information on savoring. |
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