You don’t feel quite like yourself these days but can’t quite put your finger on why. You chalk up all your physical symptoms to just having a busy lifestyle. You know what they say: There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. But what if the answer lies deeper within you?

How well do you actually look after yourself? Do you show yourself patience, consideration, and kindness? Perhaps you spend a great deal of time speaking critically to yourself. Sometimes it seems infinitely easier to take care of someone else than to direct sympathy and goodness to yourself.

You work because, well—you simply need to. No one else is paying your tuition, and nothing is cheap nowadays. And you know what they say: Tuition: A large sum of money paid by parents so their child can learn how to write an email asking for more money. Indeed, your bills seem endless. But honestly, some of us overwork because, frankly, we fear stillness and quiet.

What’s the difference between a fragile and solid relationship? Do you know? Believe it or not, people who are naive and overly hopeful about love think that their friendships or relationships will be conflict-free.

So you’ve been home indoors, and small bits of bad news have been reported all day long by the mainstream media. Your dinner plans fell through, and work is, well… simply stressful. And as they say: The biggest challenge of working from home is staying out of the kitchen.

Do you find that happiness never seems to last for very long in your life? As soon as you develop self-confidence or joyfully anticipate the future, something unfavorable seems to happen in a short span of time.