Describe Without Adjectives
Stoic Thinking · Intermediate
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Look at the facts stripped of the drama or prestige you add to them.
Micro-habits to get started
Small actions of a few minutes to start this habit:
What happened, like a camera
Describe the situation using only what could be seen and heard.
No 'humiliating,' no 'horrible,' no 'unbelievable.'
2 minWhat judgment did you add?
Compare the bare description with what you told yourself and mark the difference.
That gap is almost always where the drama lives.
2 minStrip down a desire
Describe something you crave in plain facts: what it's made of, what it does, how much it costs.
Imperial purple was just wool dyed with shellfish.
2 min