A core set of principles and language hacks came from nonviolent communication. I practically started with it and added a practice of acknowledging both words and their opposites (Maybe I mean adjectives with opposites, but maybe try it with whatever opposite-having words you catch?).
Here's a great free resource for NVC: https://youtu.be/O4tUVqsjQ2I
The nonjudgment practice went something like this:
1. Hear/read a word I detected as having an opposite.
2. Say "eh...<first word>...<its opposite>...eh" while shrugging and mentally considering the opposite within the same context.
3 weeks after having adopted the practice every day, I started enjoying foods I'd historically hated. Then I began enjoying everything in the world more, including people, country music, and watching sports.
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>I dropped most words with opposites as a practice in nonjudgment.
Don't pretty much all words have opposites? Looking at verbs, it's hard to think of ones that lack an opposite.
I really like this general idea, and thinking about it, I want to alter my language accordingly. I would appreciate any resources.