Everything Changed When I Stopped 'Working on Myself'
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Every popular solution to the mental health crisis is making it worse.
Every popular solution to the mental health crisis is making it worse. Therapy, introspection, journaling, shadow work, “embracing boredom,” sitting with your feelings, healing your inner child. These are the things our culture tells people to do when they’re struggling. And I think, for most people, they are the reason they keep struggling. Recently Marc Andreessen went on David Senra’s podcast and said something controversial. Senra asked him about introspection, and Andreessen said he practices zero. “As little as possible. Move forward. Go.” He said people who dwell in the past get…
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