Each short single-player stage sees you given one or more objectives, usually along the lines of “soak X” or “don’t soak X”. You take control of a rain cloud and, er, rain on stuff. It so desperately needs to be that quirky breakout hit, the virtual talk of the water cooler, the “have you seen that cloud game?” game, spawn of a trillion thinkpieces. Rain On Your Parade wants very much to be the next Untitled Goose Game. Look at yourself.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) (Ignore this suggestion if there’s a compelling reason to do so.) Keep them relevant to the matter at hand for example, if the cost of an idea is a few hundred dollars, whatever problems it has don’t include the specter of poverty in old age. If you have concerns, expressing them usually goes best if they’re both timely and wanted.When you do communicate-to yourself or to another person-try to start with what’s true and useful in whatever is hatching.Even if your deep-down view is that this idea is insane, disastrous, or worse-often you don’t have to say anything at all and it will collapse on its own. OK to take some time to let things air out and take more shape before you respond. It’s OK to be quiet, spacious, even silent.You can trust in your capacity to explore the idea fully-even if you or others are full of passion about it-while simultaneously knowing that you’re reserving your rights. In other words, just because there’s some new scheme on the table doesn’t mean you’re locked into doing it. Remember that you can always still say no.Be aware of any personal history with parents or others who got into an elevated mood or a bit of grandiosity that led to trouble later-and how that history could be shaping your reactions to people and situations today that are actually quite different.Notice any reflexive pulling back, naysaying, or buzz-killing when you or someone else gets happily excited about something.The points here apply both to when you’re reacting to the (even harebrained) ideas of others, and when you’re responding to your own inspirations and enthusiasms you can also use them to stick up for yourself if someone starts drizzling on your parade. What kind of life would it be, never to rain on a parade, your own or anyone else’s? Do you back your own play, cheerlead your own parade? Or are you too quick with doubt, limitations, cost analyses, reasons why not? If you pour cold water over your own hopes and dreams, you’ll live cautiously between the lines, sure, but you’ll never know what warmth and light might have spread if you’d let them catch fire. Take another moment to consider how this could have happened in some of your relationships.įrom the GGSC to your bookshelf: 30 science-backed tools for well-being.Īnd this works the same way inside your own head. If people come to you with an idea, passion, or aspiration, and you put their fire out with doubts and objections, they’re not going to feel good, period – and not good about opening up to you in the future. Take a moment to reflect on how this may have happened to you, as a child or an adult. But if that same person were to lead with a mainly negative response, focusing on problems, constraints, and risks – no matter how valid they are – you’d probably feel at least a little deflated, and maybe misunderstood, put down, or obstructed. If a family member or friend responds in a neutral or positive way, even if they also raise some practical questions, you likely feel good, supported, energized. Your notions are not fully formed and you’re not really committed to them yet, but they have promise and you like them and are trying them on for size. Let’s say you’ve had an interesting idea or moment of inspiration, or thought of a new project, or felt some enthusiasm bubbling up inside you. We're pleased to bring you another installment of Rick Hanson's Just One Thing (JOT) newsletter, which each week offers a simple practice designed to bring you more joy and more fulfilling relationships.
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