Does this resonate with you? “I am waiting for something to happen in my life but I don’t know what it is.” If so, then this exercise may be valuable to you.
The below is a possible flow of thoughts, emotions, and associations that come up in the mind when doing self-observation on this thought. It is meant to help you go deeper into this thought and stimulate you. By no means it is implied that it is the only flow or it is the same for everyone.
(If you are new to the concept of self-observation or looking for some practical guidance then maybe read this article: How Self-Observation Works)
Self-Observation on my waiting for something to happen
- I don’t know what I am waiting for.
- I don’t want to do anything else until this happens. Even if I don’t know now what I am waiting for, I will know when it happens.
- I am afraid to go all in on things until that something happens because I am afraid that I will make a mistake or go in the wrong direction.
- I feel very uneasy.
- I feel that I am at a standstill.
- There are a lot of things that I don’t want to do. And when I have to do something that I don’t want, it is giving me a hard time.
- I want to calm down. Is that all I am waiting for?
- Am I missing love or attention? Or admiration?
- I feel like a victim.
- The thing I am waiting for is not something I lost but something I did not get maybe.
Chain of thoughts coming when I am able to go deeper
- I feel stuck.
- I want to feel ready.
- While I am waiting I am calming myself with addictions…This is how I cope with the stress that comes with it.
- I am waiting because I do not feel safe to move, to do something.
- I am realizing that this waiting is actually a sign of a level of intelligence.
- I am starting to realize that this thing I am waiting for will happen in me, not outside of me.
- I want to feel whole. This is the core of why I am waiting
- If I think of God and want to find out if there is something I want from her, then I feel some guilt: Because I want God to show up… I want to know that God exists.
- I need to make a change. It won’t come from outside. I want a change.
Notes
- If you are new to the practice of self-observation then here are some ideas that can help: It is very powerful if you write down your thoughts (like with an old-school diary). It is also very powerful if you phrase your thoughts and emotions in a short and basic way.
- Self Chatter is a self-development tool and one of its major goals is to help with self-observation as a major tool to raise your consciousness. Thus you will find these types of self-observations on Self Chatter.
(None of the articles on Self Chatter are generated by AI.)