Feelings follow behaviour

Although it could be debated that feelings follow our actions, and that actions follow feelings it is in fact true that it goes both ways.

Within my own life these are the most common feelings that follow behaviour:

Fulfilment:

When something is done that makes feel complete, that my behaviour resulted in something that makes me feel pleased and satisfied with myself.

Happiness:

Very similar to the feeling of being in love, sometimes I feel completely happy, with that extra spring in my step, as the result of being happy with the way I acted or handled something.

Regret:

The feeling that I should or shouldn’t have done something or acted in some way. This is the worst feeling as it is something that I take personal and I beat myself up for a while about it.

Remorse:

A feeling equal to regret about the ‘should have, would have and could have’s’ in my life that was the outcome of my actions.

The neutral feeling:

This is the in between feeling, that is neither good or bad. It doesn’t motivate or discourage it is just the feeling of existing.

These feelings are different for each person, but when I consider how much they impact my life and emotional well being, I truly believe that in my life there are feelings that follow behaviour.