Martha Beck suggests spending a few minutes daily checking your emotional state, then asking how you could feel slightly better. She calls these tiny adjustments "one-degree turns." Like an airplane shifting one degree every half-hour, small consistent moves toward what feels true add up to a completely different life.
So what I would say is take some time today and tomorrow and the day after that to sit by yourself and notice how you actually feel. And if you feel bad, think, what could I do to make myself feel a little better? And if you feel good, ask yourself, what could I do to make myself feel a little better? And this will begin to slowly return you to yourself. I call it one-degree turns. Back to the airplane metaphor, if you turn an airplane one degree north every half hour, You won't even notice the change, but you'll end up in a really different place. So one degree toward integrity every day toward your real self, and you can fly anywhere.
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