Slow Days

Feeling appreciative

Recognizing the value of something or someone.

Watercolor of two cups of tea and a teapot on a low table, with a sofa, two cushions and a knitted blanket behind them.

Where it sits on the wheel

Appreciative is in the outer ring, under Connected › Grateful.

Open it on the full wheel

A gentle prompt

What do you usually take for granted that you appreciate today?

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Something to go with it

The Day You Were Born

Make a small birthday keepsake for someone you care about.

Feelings near appreciative

  • Grateful (one ring in)

    Appreciative is recognizing the value of something or someone; grateful adds a sense of having received it.

  • Thankful (also under Grateful)

    Thankful wants to say thank you; appreciative recognizes value, even in something that wasn’t given to you.

  • Moved (also under Grateful)

    Appreciative is noticing value; moved is being touched deeply by it.

About the feelings wheel

Appreciative is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.