9 Traits You Should Slowly Remove From Your Day-to-Day Life

#1 Overthinking the little things

Ryan Porter
ILLUMINATION

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We’re all human.

I know, so profound.

This isn’t the most enlightening piece of knowledge I’ve offered, but hear me out. In the hustle and bustle of our lives, it’s easy to lose perspective.

We are all, in fact, human beings. We are biological machines that take in oxygen to fuel our cells and exert carbon dioxide.

In fact, I had a real human-chemistry experience the other day.

I was wrapping up my emails for the day at work when one of my workmates rushed in. Their left eye was red and they struggled to keep it open. They anxiously asked if “I knew chemistry.”

Now imagine what kind of thoughts were computing in my head.

What about chemistry? What do you need me to do to your eye? I’m so confused and not qualified to do whatever it is you’re about to ask of me.

Lucky for me, my workmate’s contact lens was simply stuck, and they needed me to work with their chemistry student for a few minutes.

I felt instant relief. Oh so you’re working with a chemistry student, I thought. I can totally do that. I felt much better after absolutely overthinking the situation. Why…

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Ryan Porter
ILLUMINATION

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