Create An Emotional Wealth Toolkit
I need a minute.
HOW often do you have this thought? Verbally express it? If you have the opportunity to take the minute, what do you do with it?
Do you take deep breathes? Meditate? Get fresh air? Sit in a quiet space alone? Jumping jacks? Sip water? Stretch?
If you practice any of these, or similar actions—congratulations! You already have and are utilizing items in your emotional wealth toolkit.
If you’re wondering what I mean by toolkit, specifically, an emotional wealth toolkit, read on.
A toolkit is defined as: a set of tools used for a particular purpose.
An emotional wealth toolkit is defined as: the tools and resources (people, places, things) that aid you in maintaining healthy emotional wealth in life’s everyday experiences and challenges
Consider how you get through each day, week, month, year. The work meetings and deliverables. The scheduled activities and engagements: travel, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and observances. Relationships with colleagues, significant others, children, friends, family. Each of these may come with their own level of stress, anxiety, overwhelm or a myriad other feelings and emotions.
How do you react when you are feeling:
anxious or scared
angry or upset
stressed or overwhelmed
tired or exhausted
unmotivated or disinterested
When you’re feeling angry or upset, do you speak with a therapist? If you become stressed or overwhelmed do you practice meditation or breathwork? If you are unmotivated or disinterested do you exercise or journal?
When you are experiencing any emotion or combination of, who are the people you reach out to wanting to connect with? What and where are the places or spaces you seek to inhabit—whether for safety or comfort? What are the activities you find yourself wanting to engage in?
The answers to these questions reveal the people, places, and things currently in your emotional wealth toolkit.
Create an Emotional Wealth toolkit
TO DO: Create an Emotional Wealth Toolkit for you to access moving forward on your whole life wealth journey.
Your toolkit can be web/app based, hard copy documents and books, or a combination. When something no longer works, remove it. If you find another tool or resource you’d love to implement, add it. The two most important rules for creating your toolkit:
Only include tools and resources you actually find helpful and you like using
Your included tools and resources should be easily accessible and easy to implement
:Example Emotional Wealth Toolkit Items:
PEOPLE
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Therapists are great for unbiased feedback and techniques to help you reach the root of an issue as well as providing tools & resources to manage.
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Should be someone trusted and unbiased
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Sometimes it’s best to speak directly to the person. Ensure you are prepared and confirm a time appropriate for both of you.
PLACES
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This can be at work, the gym, spa, home or anywhere you have access to and feel comfortable using.
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It doesn’t have to be a full room. A designated space with a pillow or chair to focus on mediation, journaling, etc. is just as effective.
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Whether doing actual garden work, and just sitting enjoying its calming beauty.
THINGS
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Handwriting has been shown to be most effective, however digital can be just as useful.
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Focusing on the feelings, rhythms, and counts can be a great centering technique.
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A slow stroll, hiking, jogging, a fitness routine, gets the blood flowing.
Whatever tools and resources you choose for your emotional wealth toolkit, ensure you regularly assess and edit it to ensure you have tools and resources to support you in your current phase of life.
If you are open to sharing, put in the comments the items you have in your emotional wealth toolkit to inspire other Jaunteurs.
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