How you feeling?

I head that today as a greeting, and I think that it is far superior to "How are you doing?" It's going to be my goal to make more people say that, first of all myself.

When someone asks how I am doing, I'm usually at a loss for a good answer. The honest answer to that question is usually good half hour discussion. It is not something to be summarized with your choice of circuitous responses of say: not bad, pretty good, allright, yeah and the rest.

Now you ask me how I am feeling, and that is a greeting I can get into. I can tell someone that I am feeling tired or happy, and conveniently avoid all those difficult whys and hows that should come later in the conversation anyhow. If I don't feel like talking, that's fine. You can answer all the usual circuitous responses without guilt.

This is the question you wanted to answer all along.

Feel free to test my theory with someone you see today.