Audit Your Emotional Drains
What thoughts, habits, or people leave you tired every time?
You don’t need to fix them. Just remove or reduce them.
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When life feels off, we try to fix it by adding: more books, more apps, more goals, more advice. But sometimes, the real magic comes from removing; a toxic habit, a draining person, a false belief. This is the underrated art of psychological subtraction.
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