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In 2026, I’m no longer interested in ‘working on myself’ | Vogue India

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We think of ourselves as full-time projects, but what if doing so much inner work does more harm than good?

Over the last few years, working on myself has equipped me with the kind of therapy-speak that impresses even my therapist. In my private world of thoughts, feelings, beliefs and values, I can identify patterns, name triggers and contextualise emotions easily. I know when I’m avoiding something and when I’m “doing the work.” What I’m less sure of is whether all this language has actually made living any lighter. My now-abandoned New Year’s resolution is the same as the previous year’s and started as a joke: to keep my mouth shut more often. When a colleague asked me about it, I shared that lin

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