Slow Days

Feeling open

Willing to consider new ideas, people or experiences.

Watercolor of a window seat at dusk, with a cushion and a closed book, and rooftops and trees under a blue evening sky outside.

Where it sits on the wheel

Open is in the outer ring, under Reflective › Curious.

Open it on the full wheel

A gentle prompt

What are you open to trying or learning? What might a first step look like?

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Something to go with it

Journal Prompts

More gentle questions, one at a time, if you’d like to keep going.

Feelings near open

  • Curious (one ring in)

    Open is being willing to consider new things; curious is actively wanting to find out.

  • Interested (also under Curious)

    Interested is drawn to something in particular; open is willing to consider things in general.

  • Fascinated (also under Curious)

    Fascinated is held by one thing; open is ready for many.

About the feelings wheel

Open 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.