spending time naming what is giving you life, what makes you laugh, what you've just enjoyed.

It's not trivial. It's just not.

This is death, sex, and money.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale.

Here at Death, Sex, and Money, we usually put together special year-end episodes, looking back at moments we're proud of, and also to make some space to reflect on all that we've been collectively going through.

This year, we're doing things a little differently.

Hi, Lori.

Hi, Anna. How are you? I'm good. Yeah, I was just finishing up with someone. Okay, great. Thanks for fitting this in between your sessions. Lori is my therapist. I have leaned on Lori a lot this year as my brain has spun around different stresses and big questions.

And at one point, back in the spring, when I was feeling particularly spennie, as my book was

about to come out, she offered me a new thought exercise, one that I've found very helpful,

about savoring.

Savoring to me is a really big way to be in the moment.

And usually when there's anxiety, we're in, often the past or the future, you know, sort of

spinning out on something else. And so I think that was part of where it came up with something

that might be useful when we were speaking, right? But

that's one of the tenets when I think of saving. So an example could be, I think we've even talked

about this, you know, being outside because you like that. So like maybe being in the sunshine,

right? So usually a very common thing is someone may be aware of, oh, this is what a nice day,

or I like the sunshine, but how often do you actually take even a minute where you actually

really enjoy the sunshine? And so that might be sitting down and closing your eyes and just

literally breathing and taking it in.

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