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calm ritual 30 min +40 XP
Drop everything. Go somewhere beautiful. A park, a lake, a forest, a rooftop — your place. Sit down. Find: five sounds, five objects around you, five sensations in your body, five thoughts in your head, and five wishes you want to fulfill. Twenty-five points of attention. You'll be surprised by what you find.
Why this matters
Twenty-five points of attention are a way of arriving in the place where you are already sitting.
What to do
Walk to a place where you feel good: a park, water, a forest, a roof, a bench in the yard. Sit down and put the phone in your pocket, here it gets in the way. Then, one group at a time and without rushing: five sounds, five objects around you, five sensations in your body, five thoughts in your head, five wishes. Name each one to yourself and count all the way to five even when it seems there is nothing left — the interesting ones are the fourth and the fifth. Write the wishes down; the rest you can leave unwritten. Sit one more minute in silence before you get up.
Afterwards
Which of the five wishes did I name last, and why was that the one I hid?
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