Your Body Budgeting for What It Needs

The world is to us perceived as a series of possible actions. When we see an object, this is done not only through the eyes, but almost in our muscles. Think of what this means for brooding or worry. The intensity and direction of the feeling tone gives urgency and direction to your imagined action. And these imagined actions, in turn give solidity to the mental models. They feel real, they feel solid. Your body seems to confirm it. Look, it's getting ready. But it doesn't have to be this way. Much of what exhausts us is the creation of actions that we don’t actually need to take, and may never take. In every moment