Is there something wrong with how I practice non-judgement?

[ADropOffTime]

I usually practice it by removing the certain label of good or bad in my mind. Though, much of the advice I've seen on the Internet tells me to take one step further than that. I have to observe the phenomena in the most neutral way as possible. So coming from, "Being anxious is not bad. Being calm is not good." to "This anxiety has a certain intensity in it. Your breath becomes somewhat faster. It comes in separate smaller waves rather than one big one."

I usually find that the second method is not needed majority of the time, as I can accept my emotions with the first one after a few tries. Is there some other benefit to the second one other than accepting what's happening? Do I have to make an effort to use the second one? Is the first method even a good idea?

I do repeatedly identify what's happening, my body language or what I'm feeling. Maybe I'm already doing it, or does it need to go further than that?

Thank you in advance, even to the people who tried to help but couldn't. Have a great day.

[JonW]

Any judgment is only another thought. See it as that. A thought, a passing mental event. It only has any power if we grant power to it.
Thoughts are not facts.
We are not our thoughts.
Good things,
Jon, Hove