3d • General discussion
“How are you?” (and why it’s kind of a trick question) 🌙
Can we talk about how strange this question is?
We ask it all day long, passing someone in the hallway, texting a friend, starting a Zoom call. “How are you?”
And we both know the unspoken agreement: neither of us really means it, and neither of us really answers it.
“Good, you?” Onto the next thing.
I’ve been thinking about why that is, and here’s what I’ve landed on: “how are you?” is actually enormous. It’s asking about your body, your mind, your heart, everything, all at once. No wonder it gets a one-word answer.
It’s simply too big for the moment we usually ask it in.
So here’s a little experiment for you this week.
Swap the big question for a smaller one. With the people around you, sure, but especially with yourself.
Instead of “how am I?”, try:
“How did I sleep last night?”
That one, you can actually answer. And it tends to tell you more than you’d expect.
Restless sleep.
That wired-but-tired feeling.
Waking at 3am with your mind racing.
These aren’t random, they’re small, specific messages from your body that the big question would never catch.
So I’ll ask you the smaller question instead of the big one:
How did you sleep last night? 👇
I’d love to hear, one word, one paragraph, on a scale from 1 to 5 - whatever feels true. Let’s see what we notice when we ask ourselves something we can actually answer.
Berit x 🌙
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“How are you?” (and why it’s kind of a trick question) 🌙
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