This is a lovely post! There’s definitely a dopamine hit in getting jobs completed but there’s also so powerful about creating fire too! One of my favourite jobs in my very first PR jobs was stuffing all the press releases I’d written in envelopes and franking a huge pile of them - it felt enormously satisfying - maybe just starting and actually finishing something!
Oh great question Suzy and I love the fire metaphor too. In human design my self-theme is actually satisfaction (this will also be true for c70% of us!) and so I purposefully seek it out because it really does power me on for the day ✨ if I’m not feeling satisfied I’ll ask “will this [task] bring me satisfaction?
So at the weekend I was feeling really flat… and I nudged myself to clean the whole house and as I was working just had this incredible buzzy/calm sense of feeling just right. I often get it when I finish a call too, and take a few moments to enjoy and anchor it in 🌟
Great post Suzy. Isn't it weird how hard it can be to answer questions like these? That you have to stop and think? Why are we so out of whack with our inner workings?!
Hi Suzy, Thanks for your post. We have an open fire in our living room, and no other heating in there, so we have to build a fire most nights in winter. When I do it, I do find it very satisfying. You need to give it time, be patient, and just watching it grow can bring me peace and stillness and yes, a satisfaction. It's probably a primal thing, creating, with our hands, such a elemental, natural thing, yet so incredible, dangerous, alive.
Love this piece Suzy, such a simple idea and very satisfying to read! I think my satisfaction is similar, morning porridge (always with honey, cinnamon and blueberries 🙂), and dog walk listening to someone inspiring on audible or a podcast, really sets me up for the day, even when it’s raining. But then the rest of the day satisfaction comes in the form of either creation, connection or curiosity (discovering or learning something new) and good sleep ❤️. Thanks for the reminder that it’s not always about chasing happiness though, I think I prefer satisfaction and contentment 🙂
This is a lovely post! There’s definitely a dopamine hit in getting jobs completed but there’s also so powerful about creating fire too! One of my favourite jobs in my very first PR jobs was stuffing all the press releases I’d written in envelopes and franking a huge pile of them - it felt enormously satisfying - maybe just starting and actually finishing something!
Oh great question Suzy and I love the fire metaphor too. In human design my self-theme is actually satisfaction (this will also be true for c70% of us!) and so I purposefully seek it out because it really does power me on for the day ✨ if I’m not feeling satisfied I’ll ask “will this [task] bring me satisfaction?
So at the weekend I was feeling really flat… and I nudged myself to clean the whole house and as I was working just had this incredible buzzy/calm sense of feeling just right. I often get it when I finish a call too, and take a few moments to enjoy and anchor it in 🌟
Great post Suzy. Isn't it weird how hard it can be to answer questions like these? That you have to stop and think? Why are we so out of whack with our inner workings?!
Hi Suzy, Thanks for your post. We have an open fire in our living room, and no other heating in there, so we have to build a fire most nights in winter. When I do it, I do find it very satisfying. You need to give it time, be patient, and just watching it grow can bring me peace and stillness and yes, a satisfaction. It's probably a primal thing, creating, with our hands, such a elemental, natural thing, yet so incredible, dangerous, alive.
yes, exactly. Primal, elemental, alive, dangerous - all the right words. Lovely to see you on Substack - I hope all is good with you. x
Brilliant article Suzy. I’ve been writing about connections and flow, and the various forms we might experience them.
I tapped and felt your comfort!! 😁
Simplicity is divinity. 🙏🏼🙇🏽♀️
Simple comfort = satisfaction?
xx
Love this piece Suzy, such a simple idea and very satisfying to read! I think my satisfaction is similar, morning porridge (always with honey, cinnamon and blueberries 🙂), and dog walk listening to someone inspiring on audible or a podcast, really sets me up for the day, even when it’s raining. But then the rest of the day satisfaction comes in the form of either creation, connection or curiosity (discovering or learning something new) and good sleep ❤️. Thanks for the reminder that it’s not always about chasing happiness though, I think I prefer satisfaction and contentment 🙂