How many times have you used "good" or "bad" today?

From checking your weather app to monitoring your progress on your to-do list, to scrolling through social media, opportunities for snapshot evaluation abound. And, the more you divide things into these categories, the more instinct you are to make these judgments. You may find yourself filtering everything in terms of “good” or “bad”.

The dark cloud triggered the “bad”, which was the social media post of baby animals triggered the “good”, a news story about political melee that triggered the “bad”. Whether you think something is good or bad, or something worth it, is important information. But if this classification is the only thing you think of, that is the only shot you explain the world, you’re missing out on a lot.

I am a philosopher specializing in happiness, happiness and a better life. I study how a person’s mindset affects a person’s experience.

In my recent book Fun Art , I explore ways to assess perspectives that allow you to experience psychological richness and other positive aspects of life. The more you instinctively react with “good” or “bad”, the less world you accept. It will become increasingly impossible for you to attract your mind, exercise curiosity and have fun experiences.

Evaluation reduces your thoughts

When you instinctively mark something as good or bad, you only focus on the function that makes the item good or bad.

You look outside and all you see is the darkness of the clouds that threatens your plan for the day. You won't notice the cooling shadows created by these clouds, nor the dramatic way of deforming the wind. You don't notice the flowers in the open air, and the children who don't walk also look up at the clouds, but the miracle of wide eyes.

When snapshots evaluate domination, you effectively detach yourself from a wide range of experiences. When everything around you is good or bad, nothing can be confusing, mysterious or fun. Nothing can be simple, or just challenging, or simply exciting. Nothing interesting because your mind has filtered these possible sources of cognitive participation. It saw its expectations and nothing.

Open your heart to gain more psychological enrichment

Snapshot evaluation narrows your perspective and limits the potential for your thoughts to connect and interact with other aspects of your experience. But you can simply reject any instinct to judge by judging by it, rather than trying to evaluate what you see, rather than watching the world, that potential can be unlocked.

Right now, you will start to notice more and activate the internal drive of your mind for curiosity and exploration.

You can get rid of the good/bad dead-end judgment, you can explore what is novel, put yourself under challenge, and deal with the complexity inherent in human experience. Traffic congestion can be a source of conspiracy, not just a bad way to start a new day. Delicious meals are not only tasting well - they inspire your curiosity and stimulate your creativity. You will go from seeing people who are difficult and annoying to seeing them as individuals with human flaws that deserve your sympathy.

You will also feel the pain, struggle and rewards that arise through these spiritual warfares. You will experience rich, intense moments and more emotions. There are few instances of boredom and monotony and you will find your life full of unusual and unique experiences.

Over time, your mind will become more adept at finding connections, exercising creativity and operating from places where cognitive complexity is. You will start to look at the world more holistically as you are waiting for the connection you are discovering.

All of these are signs that your life is becoming more and more abundant psychologically.

Expand your mind and expand your self-awareness

Psychological richness, more generally, novelty and interesting experiences are valuable. But there is evidence that they are also important because of their impact on your self-awareness. When you engage in new and fun activities, not only will you broaden your horizons and develop new perspectives, but you also become more confident in your ability to whatever will happen next. In these ways, you can expand your sense of self.

The connection between psychological enrichment and self-expansion is intuitive. Novel and interesting activities stimulate the mind, challenging it to participate and explore. This process can increase your confidence in your abilities and provide you with a greater sense of control over your environment. As a person's self-awareness expands, existence in the world is changing.

A recent study explores the effects of psychological abundance on environmental behavior. While feeling sad, anxious, angry, powerless, and helpless in the face of climate change, developing psychological richness can change these negative attitudes.

Researchers found that people who experience psychologically rich are more willing to engage in sustainable activities. They believe that this correlation is mediated by self-expansion, which helps subjects to be more confident that their behavior can affect the difficult problems of climate change.

Cut out the good and the bad, and find interesting ones

Everyone has the ability to develop a sense of presence and agency in the world, thereby enhancing the experience of life. The habit of snapshot evaluation suppresses this ability, but you can train your own mind to make it easier to engage and explore.

The easiest way?

Stop saying or thinking about “good” and “bad”. When you find yourself inclined to do so, force yourself to say something else. Start now and start your journey interacting with the world in a more meaningful way.