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1 day ago5 Lessons on Vanity: An Invitation to Awareness and Letting Go
Vanity and societal beauty standards impose a costly and finite attachment to physical appearance, particularly for women.
I've often asked patients why they're so preoccupied with becoming the best in some domain, why they need something so much that they're willing to organize their lives around it, sacrificing all types of pleasures for it. Most of the time, there isn't much of an answer. It's like a game, a distraction, and a fantasy; there's no rhyme or reason, no sense of why they do it or what's to come, and no understanding of how being the best generates long-standing happiness.