What practices increase your personal feeling of power?
June 4, 2023 2:09 AM Subscribe
Deep bass in music can increase a person's feeling of power - what are other momentary actions (not like diet, exercise, learning a long- term practice like medicine) that work this way or have promise to, or work for you?
Watching the sun rise makes me feel an energy and hope in the new day. Also when driving in the country, coming out of hills and seeing a valley open up before me lifts my mood and gives me a sense of possibilities.
posted by a humble nudibranch at 5:04 AM on June 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by a humble nudibranch at 5:04 AM on June 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
Really good underwear, whatever that means for you.
posted by Iteki at 5:24 AM on June 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Iteki at 5:24 AM on June 4, 2023 [5 favorites]
Certain songs, heights with a good view, moving fast, looking great, convincing someone to do something for me that they weren't originally inclined to.
posted by wheatlets at 5:36 AM on June 4, 2023
posted by wheatlets at 5:36 AM on June 4, 2023
Climbing a long or steep hill on my bike.
posted by brookeb at 5:57 AM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by brookeb at 5:57 AM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Doing things coded as "manly" like splitting wood by hand, DIY projects, towing a trailer, moving heavy furniture...some of those are physical but something like rewiring an outlet is more just mental fortitude.
posted by drlith at 6:08 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by drlith at 6:08 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
killing a roach in a single blow
posted by AlbertCalavicci at 6:56 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by AlbertCalavicci at 6:56 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Wearing clothes that you associate with authority—for me, a trench coat or blazer, and shoes that clack when walking on concrete.
posted by kitschfrau at 8:16 AM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by kitschfrau at 8:16 AM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Throwing stuff out Marie Kondo style.
posted by bluesky78987 at 8:16 AM on June 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by bluesky78987 at 8:16 AM on June 4, 2023 [4 favorites]
Speaking your honest in the moment truth.
This power pose from a Ted Lasso will live in my heart forever.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:33 AM on June 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
This power pose from a Ted Lasso will live in my heart forever.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 9:33 AM on June 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
My surface answer is clothing for sure. The right outfit or accessory can make me feel like a goddess. But that's not really my story inside, my story stems from being a powerless kid.
The real deep practice that makes me feel more powerful than anything is learning to take accountability for my choices and decisions. Even the terrible ones, they are all mine. The narrative that I am a helpless cog in the human machine just doesn't work for me. My power stems from taking my place in my life and truly living it.
I'm so thankful to be an adult human who usually has the opportunity to make my own moves and own them. Sometimes I mess up and have to pivot but I take great pleasure in using my power to make the best choices I can and then obviously I also enjoy giving myself a pat on the back once in a while for being a grownup.
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 9:38 AM on June 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
The real deep practice that makes me feel more powerful than anything is learning to take accountability for my choices and decisions. Even the terrible ones, they are all mine. The narrative that I am a helpless cog in the human machine just doesn't work for me. My power stems from taking my place in my life and truly living it.
I'm so thankful to be an adult human who usually has the opportunity to make my own moves and own them. Sometimes I mess up and have to pivot but I take great pleasure in using my power to make the best choices I can and then obviously I also enjoy giving myself a pat on the back once in a while for being a grownup.
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 9:38 AM on June 4, 2023 [9 favorites]
I was once caught in a rainstorm, while on a field trip by the seashore. Fortunately my work had provided a full set of Musto BR2 waterproof outerwear, and rubber boots. So even in the lashing Atlantic wind and rain, I was kept bone dry, comfortable and warm in my own clothes. It honestly felt like being Superman.
posted by rollick at 10:53 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by rollick at 10:53 AM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Give a donation to a worthy cause.
posted by veery at 12:50 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by veery at 12:50 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Getting a good haircut. I strut home.
posted by pangolin party at 1:01 PM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by pangolin party at 1:01 PM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]
Taking part in a group effort skillfully done
- Singing in harmony
- Felling a tree with a two-person crosscut saw
- Capturing a stray dog by enclosing it within a human circle
- Eating a delicious potluck
posted by Jesse the K at 1:56 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
- Singing in harmony
- Felling a tree with a two-person crosscut saw
- Capturing a stray dog by enclosing it within a human circle
- Eating a delicious potluck
posted by Jesse the K at 1:56 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
Yeah wearing loud shoes is a surprisingly big one for me. Turns out I love when my enemies can hear me coming? I don't know, it honestly came as such a surprise how much I liked it. I didn't buy the loud shoes on purpose.
posted by potrzebie at 2:29 PM on June 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 2:29 PM on June 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
Nailing "Life on Mars" at karaoke night
posted by credulous at 6:05 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by credulous at 6:05 PM on June 4, 2023 [1 favorite]
There's this Tumblr story about someone who got a sword as a gift and holds it every so often to get a confidence boost.
posted by creatrixtiara at 6:51 PM on June 5, 2023
posted by creatrixtiara at 6:51 PM on June 5, 2023
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