My head has always been a noisy place. As I work to identify and reduce my negative thoughts, I'm learning to make silence useful.

Daring to answer this endlessly debatable question. 

Anything that isn't happening right now, and I'm still emoting into, is a Non-Existent Temporal State. It's easy to get trapped in N.E.T.S.. If you can label a thought as a Non-Existent Temporal State, it allows you separate your reality from your imagination. 

We have to strip away unnecessary layers to find our clarity. 

We do the best we can, with what we've got.

Do I exist? Do you exist? Despite being visibly three dimensional, it’s easy to feel like you don't exist sometimes.  It can be hard to perceive yourself as perceivable. With effort, we can start to find ourselves.  

You've got to exercise your Whim regularly. Whims happen all the time, and unless we're attuned to perceiving them, we can go our whole lives without being inspired by their subtle yet powerful guidance. 

People often say "just Be Yourself", like that's an easy thing to do. 

It sounds simple on its face. In theory, Being Yourself only requires two things:

1. A) Finding who "Yourself" is, and then 

This often ends up being more difficult than it sounds. Let's explore!  

Action Precedes Motivation

Should is a good word to stop saying, if you can. It's arguably useful, in small quantities, but, unrestrained, it becomes a blanket condemnation with little helpful practical process.