Transforming My Vocabulary Part 2

In my last posting, I examined many of the words I use automatically in specific life situations. Not only do I use these words repeatedly and in a habituated manner without much conscious exercise over their actual application, but also discover myself unconsciously thrown into the emotional states they have come to represent to me through continuous mental association.

While the purpose of this exercise is to give myself more control over an expanded variety of different linguistic labels, what we are really talking about here is more effective state management through conscious manipulation of the language. I want to take linguistic labels I am using to represent negative situations and rename them in a way that diminishes or softens their intensity and the overall negativity of the state they represent.

Likewise, we can swing the other way by redefining our linguistic labels of positive situations to boost or amplify their overall intensity and positivity of the state they represent:

1. Happy

I'm happy the bill to fix the car wasn't too much.

Delighted, Enthralled, Overjoyed

I am delighted the bill to fix the car wasn't too much.

I am overjoyed the bill to fix the car wasn't too much.

I am enthralled the bill to fix the car wasn't too much.

2. Good

It's a good day to enjoy a walk.

Great, Wonderful, Exceptional, Excellent

It's a great day to enjoy a walk.

It's a wonderful day to enjoy a walk.

It's an exceptional (good, great, wonderful) day to enjoy a walk.

It's an excellent day to enjoy a walk.

3. Excited

I'm excited about finally being promoted.

Euphoric, Jazzed, Juiced, Buzzed-ing

I'm euphoric about finally being promoted.

I'm jazzed about finally being promoted.

I'm buzzed about finally being promoted.

I'm juiced about finally being promoted.

4. Fun

We're going to have lots of fun at the party.

Blast

We're going to have a blast at the party.

Adjective Modifiers - The easiest way to modify your vocabulary to boost and intensify their corresponding states is to simply combine any number of modifiers such as super, amazing, extra, crazy, etc to labels you are already using. Notice how modifiers elevate the intensity of the states they evoke:

I'm happy we're going to the movies tonight.

I'm super happy we're going to the movies tonight.

I'm crazy happy we're going to the movies tonight.

I'm extra happy we are going to the movies tonight.