Beautiful Conflict with the poet Yung Pueblo | A Bit of Optimism

3 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short monologue from Yung Pueblo (recorded Oct 3, 2023) about emotional self-awareness and explicit communication in close relationships. He describes practical habits—checking in with his wife, naming internal states (e.g., 'hangry')—so both partners have more information and avoid personalizing difficult moods.

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You know, I'm not nice when I'm hangry. You know, I'm not nice. But to be aware of it, like, I'll actually say to somebody, like, just so you know, I'm a little hangry. Probably not going to be a little bit nice. Don't take it personally, please. I'm fully aware of it. This is something that it took so long for my wife and I to learn. We will check in a few times a day and just tell each other, this is how I feel. This is what's currently happening inside of me. If one of us just wakes up feeling angry or tough or just like, exhausted, for whatever reason, we let each other know. So that way the person who's feeling it knows and the other person who's around them is aware of it. So both people get more information that wasn't there before. And it's been really helpful.