become “an anthropologist of your own life,”77 says coach and Essentialism author Greg McKeown, who recommends asking yourself: When was I truly happy and why? What activity or theme do I keep coming back to? and When do I seem most like myself? This can include not only present activities, but past ones as well—going back to childhood. The psychologist Eric Maisel recommends asking, What did I enjoy doing at age ten?78 After drawing up a list of favorite childhood activities,
