📸 How do you feel?

For the past ten days, twice a day — at 11:15 and 17:00 — Alexa has been asking me a very simple question: “How do you feel?”

I don’t even remember exactly what made me set up this little grounding ritual, but the effect turned out to be much stronger than I expected.



During the first couple of days, my answers to the question *“how do I feel?”* surprised me. Here are a few examples — can you spot what’s wrong with them?




  - I want the upcoming call to go smoothly.

  - I’m looking forward to meeting my friends tonight.

  - I hope the Timeleft meetup goes well.

  - I’m anxious about how a friend might reply to my message.




See it? All of these answers are about the **future**. None of them are actually about what I feel *right now*. They’re all about what’s ahead.



So I started sitting down for ten minutes and literally forcing myself to dig out real, present-moment answers:




  - I’m a bit cold — need to put on a sweatshirt.

  - My neck feels tense. I should lie down for a bit.

  - I’m bored. I’ll spend my lunch break playing an NBA game.




After just a few days, I noticed changes:




  - Finding an answer to “what do I feel?” became easier.

  - I began to pause whatever I was doing (except calls — I chose slots without them on purpose) and take five minutes right when the reminder went off. I realized how important it is to stay in touch with my body and these “immediate” needs.

  - My neck stopped hurting. That was the most surprising part — I had gotten so used to ignoring small discomforts that I’d been avoiding something as simple as lying on the couch twice a day.




**So, my friends — what is it you feel right now?**