Slow Days

Feeling glad

Quietly pleased that something happened, or that something is the way it is.

Watercolor of an open kitchen window with sheer curtains lifting in the breeze, a jug of wildflowers on the sunlit sill and a wooden table below.

Where it sits on the wheel

Glad is in the outer ring, under Joyful › Happy.

Open it on the full wheel

A gentle prompt

Finish this sentence a few times: “I’m glad that…”

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Something to go with it

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Feelings near glad

  • Happy (one ring in)

    Glad is a quieter happiness, usually about something in particular.

  • Cheerful (also under Happy)

    Cheerful is an upbeat mood other people notice; glad is quiet pleasure about one thing.

  • Delighted (also under Happy)

    Glad is quiet and mild; delighted is stronger, and often surprised.

About the feelings wheel

Glad 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.