In Which Best Selves Are Overrated. (Petition to use ‘favourite self’ every time instead.)

This one hit me hard at some point last year, right in the middle of trying to heal from burnout, trying to slow my life down so it doesn’t always feel like a breathless, frantic, slightly panicked rush. Therapy is great. Journalling (to my eternal irritation) works amazingly. Learning growth mindsets and cognitive behavioural therapy techniques and meditation and deep breathing and and and and and…

Look, it’s all great, right? But it’s also a slippery slope to More Things To Fail At. And...