Mindfulness works, and it is hard. First, accept that you will never master it. You will never get “good enough.” So don’t even try. At the same time, you don’t need to live in, “I’ll never live up to the high standards of someone who practices mindfulness,” either. The standards aren’t high. You’ll definitely not practice it well at some point in the near future, and that’s after the obvious first attempts, which will not be easy or possibly even yield much in the way of results. What matters is that you show up, just like the idea of showing up in life. You show up to your practice. And it turns out, that is hard.

People automatically seem to believe that self-awareness leads to a better self. Why is that? Is it necessarily the case? Are there different kinds of self-awareness, and if so, how are they different? And if so, what makes a comprehensively self-aware person? And does truly lead to people who are morally better? We investigate to find out, and offer a takeaway of our own.

We're told again and again to do what we love. Because you know what happens then? "You'll never work a day in your life." But is that really true? And what if there are a lot of things to love? And what about things we don't even know we'll love until we happen to try them? It's a privilege, on the one hand, to have any choice at all. That's not really the problem we face in our culture today. There are almost too many things. It starts to make your head spin. You don't even know where to begin, or how to ask for help. No wonder Gen Z is struggling. I can't solve it all in a post, but we can give some context as to what's going on, along with a few practical takeaways to practice.