101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think (Brianna Wiest, 2016)
Routine You feel content because routine consistently reaffirms a decision you already made. As your body self-regulates, routine becomes the pathway to "flow". When you don't settle into routine, you teach yourself that "fear" is an indicator that you are doing the wrong thing. Socially intelligent person The do not try to elicit a trong emotional response from anyone they are holding a conversation with. They do not speak in definitives about people, politics, or ideas. They don't immediately deny criticism, or have such a strong emotional reaction to it that they become unapproachable or unchangeable. They do not confuse their opinion of someone for being a fact about them. They never overgeneralise other people through their behaviours. They speak with precision. They know how to practice healthy disassociation. They do not try to inform people of their ignorance. They validate other people's feelings. They recognise that their "shadow selves...