"Advice on how to get more done, feel better, find a soulmate, etcetera, can be useful, **but it subtly reinforces the notion that achieving such goals is overwhelmingly important, which fuels stress**. Sometimes it’s more helpful to be jolted into remembering that we’d be OK without those things, and that most things we worry about seem absurd a few weeks later." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[frugality]], [[diet]], [[making-decisions]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]