Thinking deeply enough to understand the real point.

Thinking deeply enough to understand the real point. It's not to discover what you'd actually do if you didn't have to worry about money (that's not our reality), it's about the essence of what you'd do and how you can incorporate that into your everyday life. Would you vacation, would you keep your current job? It just goes to show you whether you value relaxation or accomplishments or whatever else, and understanding what you value is crucial to under- standing who you are.

Take photos to remember happy moments, not prove that you looked good or did something cool. Make a special album on your phone just for "happy moments." When you feel good or are enjoying your- self or have some kind of revelation, just take a photo of whatever's in front of you (however unwor- thy of Instagram it is). When you look back at these seemingly random snapshots, you'll experience those feelings all over again. You'll see, by contrast, the emotional difference between capturing the moments that matter to you and creating moments to matter for other people.

Identify the "people" you always think are judging you. You know how people always say that? "People are judging me." "I'm worried about what people will think." Most of the time, those "people" are a faceless crowd that only exist in your mind. In other words, they're you, projected outward. It's what you're judging yourself for. The first step is realizing that the "people" you worry about don't really exist.

Think about what makes you feel the most jealous. The things that make us the most jealous and envi- ous are usually the things that we feel we're not liv- ing up to within ourselves. We're jealous of the beautiful girl not because we want to be beautiful like her, but because we're lacking something so much more important, which is love for ourselves. We're jealous of the successful writer not because we also want to be lauded, but because we know we're not doing the work to get there.