Self-Reflection Is the Most Underappreciated Life Habit

Here’s why you should practice it more often

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Have you ever had the fear that you’ll waste a large chunk of your life on things that eventually won’t matter?

Sad truth: a lot of people have lived their lives this way.

As humans, we’re biologically wired to be distracted by stuff. This means that there’s high a tendency to waste too much of our life energy things that won’t matter in the scheme of things.

Take working for money as a typical example:

Since having lots of money is tantamount to being successful, your brain automatically assumes that any amount of time or effort spent on “money-making activities” is laudable.

This default way of thinking is what has led many people to work so tirelessly for money at the expense of more important things.

• Things like family
• Things like relationships.
• Things like taking care of your mental health.
• Things like searching for your truth.
• Things like freedom to do the things you like.
• Things like asking yourself what you really want to use that money for.
• Things like making sure…