The ObservatoryStay with the good
A savoring exercise that lets you stay with and deepen a good feeling or a good memory, instead of hurrying past it
How it works
We are quicker to move on from good things than from hard ones. A good moment we nod at and leave; a bad one we hold on to for hours. This session reverses that. Sit down, and let’s practice staying with something good i …
Session in 9 steps, about 6 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
Savoring, deliberately lingering in a good experience, has support as a positive intervention: directing attention toward the positive is the best-supported strategy (Quoidbach et al. 2015). In older adults, savoring life lessons increased life satisfaction (Smith & Bryant 2019). The effects vary between studies.
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