Stop. Ask Yourself This.

What does a miserable person do when he wants to survive? And what does he do when he stops being pleasing and decides to live?

What do I need? Not want—need.

Why do I care if they get it?

Where’s the revolt? Where’s the part that breaks the rules?

How do I make this project dance? Not just exist, not just sit there looking complete—dance.

Is this thought useful, or just another dead-end alley?

If this were the part of the movie where I’m rebuilding myself, would I be stacking bricks or just picking through the wreckage?

What if I let some balls drop just to see what freedom feels like?

What could I possibly have to lose at this point? The dull comfort of playing it safe? My pseudo-security? The illusion that I ever had control?

What’s the load-bearing belief propping up all my excuses? And what happens when I tear it out?

Quote: It helps to regularly undo the hard-won ego development, to unravel the self and culture you have woven over the years.

Thomas Moore