Identifying emotions and generating markers for emotions is an interesting exercise.
1. You develop EQ/mindfulness.
2. Personal markers dictionary for emotions may be a good test: which markers come to you automatically?
3. Emotional markers tend to be more creative and personal than logical, which is a cool training for the technocrats among us.
4. Emotions tend to have colors associated with them. This will help your synaesthesia skills.
Please go through a list of emotions randomly and try to create your personal “dictionary” of emotions.