The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: A Deep Dive Into Finding Peace in Our Chaotic World

Life moves fast. Too fast, really. Between checking emails, scrolling social media, meeting deadlines, and trying to maintain some semblance of a social life, we’ve become experts at doing everything except the one thing that might actually help us: slowing down. Haemin Sunim’s The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down isn’t just another self-help book telling you to meditate more and worry less. It’s a gentle, profound exploration of what happens when you actually stop running on autopilot and start paying attention to the life you’re living right now. As a Buddhist monk and teacher, Haemin Sunim brings together ancient wisdom and modern psychology in a way that feels refreshingly accessible. His book became an international bestseller not because it promised quick fixes or radical transformations, but because it offered something far more valuable: permission to be human, flawed, and still worthy of peace. In this deep dive, we’re going to explore the core teachings of this remarkable book, break down ten practical ways you can apply its wisdom to your own life, and hopefully help you discover what becomes visible when you finally hit pause.

Understanding the Core Message: Why Speed is Killing Our Joy

Before we get into the practical tips, let’s talk about why this book matters so much right now. We live in what Haemin Sunim calls “the age of anxiety.” Our phones buzz constantly. Our calendars overflow. We’re expected to be productive, present, successful, and somehow still find time for self-care (which has ironically become another item on our to-do lists). The central insight of the book is deceptively simple: most of our suffering comes from the fact that we’re moving too quickly to notice what’s actually happening. We’re so busy planning the future or replaying the past that we miss the present entirely. And the present moment is where actual life takes place. Haemin Sunim writes from his experience as both a monk and someone who has experienced deep depression and burnout. He’s not speaking from an ivory tower of perfect enlightenment. He’s someone who has been where many of us are: overwhelmed, exhausted, and wondering if there’s another way to live. The answer, he suggests, isn’t to abandon modern life or escape to a monastery (though that sounds nice sometimes). It’s to bring a quality of presence and gentleness to whatever we’re already doing. It’s about seeing our lives clearly instead of rushing through them half-awake.

The Mind: Our Greatest Friend and Our Worst Enemy

One of the book’s most powerful sections deals with the nature of the mind itself. Haemin Sunim explains that our minds are like puppies, constantly jumping around, chasing every distraction, and generally making a mess of things. The problem isn’t that our minds wander. That’s what minds do. The problem is that we believe every thought that passes through, as if our internal commentary is delivering objective truth rather than just… commentary. When someone cuts you off in traffic, your mind immediately creates a story: “That person is a terrible driver. They’re selfish. They probably cut people off all the time.” But you don’t actually know any of that. What you know is that a car merged in front of you. Everything else is your mind’s narration. This distinction matters because most of our emotional suffering comes from these stories we tell ourselves, not from the events themselves. The traffic incident lasts seconds. The story we tell about it, and the anger we carry, can last hours or days. Haemin Sunim encourages us to become observers of our own thoughts rather than being completely identified with them. This doesn’t mean we never get angry or upset. It means we can notice “I’m having the thought that this person is selfish” rather than “This person IS selfish, and I have every right to be furious.” That tiny shift in perspective creates space. And in that space, we can choose how to respond rather than just reacting automatically.

Relationships: The Mirror We Don’t Always Want to Look Into

The book devotes considerable attention to relationships, and this is where things get really interesting (and sometimes uncomfortable). Haemin Sunim suggests that the people who irritate us most are often showing us something we don’t want to see about ourselves. If someone’s need for control drives you mad, there’s a good chance you have your own complicated relationship with control. If someone’s messiness bothers you endlessly, you might be dealing with your own rigidity. This isn’t about blame. It’s about curiosity. What if the people who push our buttons are actually our greatest teachers, showing us exactly where we need to grow? The book also addresses the unrealistic expectations we place on relationships, especially romantic ones. We expect our partners to make us happy, complete us, understand us perfectly, and never let us down. These expectations are a recipe for disappointment because they’re impossible. Haemin Sunim suggests that healthy relationships start with two people who are each responsible for their own happiness. From that foundation, they can genuinely offer each other support, love, and companionship without the crushing weight of being everything to each other. He writes beautifully about the importance of space in relationships. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is give someone room to breathe, to be themselves, to not perform for you. Closeness doesn’t mean constant togetherness. It means being present when you are together and respecting autonomy when you’re apart.

The Weight We Carry: Letting Go of What’s Already Gone

One of the most liberating concepts in the book is about letting go. Not in a dismissive, “just get over it” way, but in a genuinely transformative way. We hold onto so much: past hurts, old grievances, embarrassing moments from years ago, relationships that ended, opportunities we missed. We carry these things like bags of rocks, getting heavier with each addition, wondering why we’re so tired all the time. Haemin Sunim points out that the past is already gone. It exists only in our memories and the stories we tell about it. When we replay painful memories, we’re not actually experiencing the past. We’re experiencing our thoughts about the past in this present moment. The same goes for worry about the future. The future hasn’t happened. It might never happen the way we imagine. Yet we can spend years of our present life anxious about a future that’s entirely hypothetical. This doesn’t mean we should never learn from the past or plan for the future. It means we shouldn’t live there at the expense of the only moment we actually have: this one. Letting go, in Haemin Sunim’s framework, isn’t about forcing ourselves to stop caring. It’s about recognising when holding on is causing us more pain than it’s worth and gently opening our hands to release it.

The Comparison Trap: How Social Media is Destroying Our Peace

While the book touches on many sources of suffering, one of the most relevant for modern readers is the constant comparison we engage in, especially through social media. We scroll through carefully curated highlight reels of other people’s lives and compare them to the messy, unedited reality of our own. They’re on holiday in Bali. We’re doing laundry. They just got promoted. We’re struggling at work. They look happy and successful. We feel tired and inadequate. Haemin Sunim reminds us that comparison is fundamentally unfair because we’re comparing our insides to other people’s outsides. We know all of our own doubts, fears, and failures intimately. We only see the polished surface that others choose to show us. Even worse, comparison is based on the false assumption that there’s some objective standard of success or happiness that we’re all racing towards. But your life isn’t meant to look like anyone else’s. Your path is uniquely yours, with its own timing, challenges, and victories. The book suggests that every time we feel that stab of envy or inadequacy when looking at someone else’s life, we should pause and get curious. What are we actually feeling? What do we actually want? Often, we want what we think success looks like rather than what would genuinely make us happy.

Self-Compassion: The Radical Act of Being Kind to Yourself

If there’s one thread that runs through the entire book, it’s the importance of self-compassion. And this might be the hardest teaching for many of us to actually implement. We live in a culture that values productivity, achievement, and constant improvement. We’re taught to be our own harshest critics, to push ourselves relentlessly, to never be satisfied. The voice in our heads is often incredibly cruel, saying things to us that we would never dream of saying to a friend. Haemin Sunim argues that this approach doesn’t work. It doesn’t make us more successful or happier. It just makes us exhausted and mean to ourselves. Self-compassion isn’t about making excuses or lowering standards. It’s about treating yourself with the same kindness you’d offer a good friend who’s struggling. It’s acknowledging that being human means being imperfect, making mistakes, and sometimes failing despite your best efforts. The book includes a powerful exercise: imagine a friend came to you with the problem you’re currently facing. What would you say to them? How would you speak to them? Now notice the difference between that and how you’re speaking to yourself. That difference is where self-compassion lives. Closing that gap doesn’t happen overnight, but becoming aware of it is the first step.

The Myth of Multitasking: Why Doing Less Gets You More

In a world that celebrates busyness, Haemin Sunim makes a counterintuitive argument: doing less, with more presence, is actually more effective than doing many things half-heartedly. We pride ourselves on multitasking, but research consistently shows that multitasking is largely a myth. What we’re actually doing is rapidly switching attention between tasks, and each switch comes with a cognitive cost. We end up doing multiple things poorly instead of one thing well. The book encourages single-tasking: doing one thing at a time with your full attention. When you’re eating, just eat. When you’re talking to someone, just listen. When you’re working, just work. This sounds simple, but it’s revolutionary in practice. Most of us eat while scrolling our phones, have conversations while checking emails, and work while thinking about a dozen other things. We’re physically present but mentally elsewhere. Haemin Sunim suggests that this scattered attention is not only inefficient but also robs us of the richness of experience. Food tastes better when you actually taste it. Conversations are more meaningful when you’re genuinely present. Work is more satisfying when you’re fully engaged. The practice of single-tasking is essentially a practice of respect: respect for the activity, respect for other people, and respect for yourself.

Finding Rest: Why Doing Nothing is Actually Doing Something

Perhaps one of the most needed messages in the book is about the importance of rest. Real rest. Not scrolling-on-your-phone-calling-it-rest, but actual, restorative rest. We’ve forgotten how to rest. We feel guilty when we’re not being productive. We fill every moment with stimulation and distraction. Even our holidays often become exhausting attempts to maximise experiences and create perfect memories. Haemin Sunim writes about the necessity of creating empty spaces in our lives. Times when we’re not doing anything, not achieving anything, not improving anything. Just being. This kind of rest isn’t laziness. It’s essential maintenance for our physical bodies, our minds, and our spirits. A field that’s never left fallow eventually becomes depleted and stops producing good crops. Humans are the same. The book suggests simple practices: sitting quietly without your phone, taking walks without listening to anything, spending time in nature without documenting it for social media, lying down and doing absolutely nothing for twenty minutes. For many of us, these suggestions provoke immediate anxiety. What about all the things we need to do? What if we’re wasting time? What if we fall behind? But Haemin Sunim gently points out that we can’t sustain endless doing. We either choose to rest, or our bodies will eventually force us to through illness or burnout. Rest is not optional. It’s only a question of whether we rest voluntarily and regularly or involuntarily and desperately.

The Practice of Gratitude: Seeing What’s Already Here

Gratitude gets talked about a lot in self-help circles, often in ways that feel forced or performative. Haemin Sunim’s approach to gratitude is different. It’s not about making lists or pretending everything is fine when it’s not. His version of gratitude is about training yourself to notice what’s going well alongside what’s going wrong. Our brains have a negativity bias, meaning we naturally focus on problems, threats, and what’s missing. This was useful when we needed to watch out for predators, but it’s less helpful when it means we can’t enjoy our lives because we’re constantly focused on what’s wrong or what we don’t have. Practising gratitude is about counteracting this bias by deliberately noticing the good. Not to deny problems, but to get a more balanced view of reality. The book suggests pausing throughout your day to notice small moments of goodness: the warmth of sunlight, a kind word from a colleague, a good cup of coffee, your body working well enough to walk or breathe or see. These aren’t Instagram-worthy moments of gratitude. They’re tiny, easy-to-miss moments that are actually the substance of a life. Haemin Sunim also writes about the gratitude that comes from recognising impermanence. Everything changes. Everyone we love will die, and so will we. This sounds morbid, but it’s actually the opposite. When we really understand that nothing lasts forever, we stop taking things for granted. That ordinary conversation with your parent becomes precious because there will be a last one. That moment with your child becomes sacred because they’re growing and changing every day. Gratitude, in this light, isn’t just feeling thankful. It’s fully receiving your life as it is, knowing that it won’t always be this way.

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10 Practical Tips and Tricks to Slow Down and See More Clearly

Right, let’s get into the actionable stuff. Here are ten ways you can start applying the wisdom of this book to your actual life, with real examples and practical guidance.

1. Create a Morning Ritual That Doesn’t Involve Your Phone

The way you start your day sets the tone for everything that follows. Most of us reach for our phones within minutes (or seconds) of waking up. Before we’ve even fully opened our eyes, we’re bombarded with emails, news, messages, and other people’s demands on our attention. How to implement this: Set a rule that you won’t look at your phone for the first 30-60 minutes after waking. Instead, create a simple morning ritual. This might include:

• Sitting quietly for five minutes while drinking tea or coffee
• Writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts (the Morning Pages technique from Julia Cameron)
• Gentle stretching or yoga
• A short walk
• Reading something inspiring or meaningful

Example: Sarah used to wake up and immediately check work emails, starting her day in stress mode. She decided to try leaving her phone in another room overnight. Her new routine: wake up, make coffee, sit on her balcony for ten minutes watching the birds, then ease into her day. She says those ten minutes of peace have changed her entire relationship with mornings. The emails can wait. They always can.

2. Practice the “One Breath” Reset Throughout Your Day

This is beautifully simple but remarkably powerful. Before transitioning between activities, take one full, conscious breath. That’s it. Just one. How to implement this: Set reminders on your phone or computer initially, until it becomes habit. Before you:

• Start a meeting
• Answer the phone
• Open your email
• Begin a meal
• Enter your home after work
• Respond to a difficult message

Take one slow, deliberate breath. Inhale fully, exhale completely. Example: Marcus is a teacher who found himself constantly rushing from one class to the next, one task to another, feeling increasingly frazzled. He started taking one conscious breath before entering each classroom. That single breath became a reset button, helping him leave whatever happened in the previous class behind and show up fresh for his students. He describes it as “creating a tiny pocket of space that somehow makes everything feel more manageable.”

3. Designate “Slow Zones” in Your Life

Create specific times or activities that are protected spaces for slowness. These are non-negotiable zones where you don’t rush, multitask, or half-attend. How to implement this: Choose 2-3 activities or times in your day that will be your slow zones. Common ones include:

• Meals (especially one meal per day where you eat slowly, without screens)
• Your commute (no podcast, no phone, just observation)
• The first hour after getting home from work
• Sunday mornings
• Your shower or bath

During these times, you’re practising single-tasking and presence. Example: Emma declared dinner a slow zone. No phones at the table, no TV in the background. Just eating and, if she has company, talking. At first it felt awkward and too quiet. Now she says meals have become one of her favourite parts of the day. She actually tastes her food. She has real conversations with her partner instead of parallel monologues while staring at screens. One slow meal per day has changed her relationship with eating from fuel-up-fast to actually pleasurable.

4. Practice “Thought Watching” for Five Minutes Daily

Remember how we talked about the mind being like a puppy? This exercise helps you become the observer of that puppy rather than being dragged around by it. How to implement this: Set a timer for five minutes. Sit comfortably. Notice your thoughts without judging them or following them. Imagine you’re sitting beside a river, and each thought is a leaf floating by. You see it, you acknowledge it, you let it float past. When you realise you’ve gotten caught up in a thought (and you will, constantly), gently bring your attention back to observing. You’re not trying to stop thoughts. You’re practising the skill of noticing thoughts without being completely identified with them. Example: James was sceptical about meditation but decided to try this for just five minutes before bed. The first week was frustrating. His mind raced, he couldn’t “do it right,” he felt like he was failing at relaxation. But his therapist encouraged him to keep going. After a month, something shifted. He started noticing his anxious thoughts during the day with more distance: “Oh, there’s that thought about messing up the presentation again.” This small shift in perspective gave him more choice about whether to engage with those thoughts or let them pass.

5. Do One Kind Thing for Yourself Daily (That Costs Nothing)

Self-compassion in action. Every day, do one small thing that’s purely kind to yourself. No productivity goal, no self-improvement angle. Just kindness. How to implement this: Make a list of 20-30 small, free acts of self-kindness. Then commit to doing one per day. Ideas:

• Lie down for ten minutes in the middle of the day
• Make your favourite tea and drink it slowly
• Watch the sunset
• Take a different route home just to see something new
• Dance to one song you love
• Call a friend who makes you laugh
• Write yourself an encouraging note
• Have a bath instead of a quick shower
• Sit outside for ten minutes
• Reread a favourite passage from a book

Example: Lisa made a commitment to do one kind thing for herself every day for a month. Some days it was tiny, like spending five minutes stroking her cat mindfully. Other days it was bigger, like taking a longer lunch break to walk in the park. The practice taught her that she deserved kindness from herself, not just from others. She stopped feeling guilty about taking care of herself. It wasn’t selfish. It was necessary.

6. Implement the “One Thing” Rule for Relationships

When you’re with someone, be fully with them for at least part of your time together. No phone, no divided attention, no mental to-do lists running in the background. How to implement this: Choose one interaction per day where you will be completely present. This might be:

• The first ten minutes after your partner gets home
• Bedtime with your children
• Coffee with a friend
• A phone call with your parent
• A meeting with a colleague

During this time, put your phone out of sight and give the person your full attention. Listen more than you talk. Notice them. Example: David realised he was having entire conversations with his kids while looking at his laptop. They would tell him about their day, and he would respond with “mm-hmm” and “that’s nice” without actually hearing a word. He made a new rule: when his kids got home from school, he would close his laptop and give them his full attention for fifteen minutes. Just fifteen minutes. The change in their relationship was immediate. His kids started sharing more because they felt truly heard. And David was surprised to discover he actually enjoyed these conversations when he was present for them.

7. Create an “Energy Audit” of Your Life

Haemin Sunim talks about paying attention to what drains you and what energises you. Most of us have never actually mapped this out. How to implement this: Over the course of a week, keep a simple log. At the end of each day, write down:

• 3 things that gave you energy
• 3 things that drained your energy

At the end of the week, look for patterns. You might be surprised. Then ask yourself: can you do more of what energises you and less of what drains you? Obviously, some draining things are unavoidable (we all have to do tasks we don’t enjoy), but you might find you have more control than you thought. Example: Claire did this exercise and discovered that social media was one of her biggest energy drains, but she had been mindlessly scrolling for hours each day. She also noticed that cooking energised her, but she had been treating it as a chore to rush through. She made changes: deleted social media apps from her phone, started treating cooking as a slow, meditative activity. Within a month, she had noticeably more energy and felt less depleted at the end of each day.

8. Practice “Generous Interpretation”

When someone does something that upsets you, practice interpreting their behaviour generously rather than immediately assuming the worst. How to implement this: Catch yourself when you start telling a negative story about someone’s intentions. Pause. Ask yourself: “What’s another possible explanation for their behaviour that assumes good intentions rather than bad ones?” Your colleague didn’t respond to your email. Negative interpretation: “They’re ignoring me. They don’t respect me.” Generous interpretation: “They’re probably overwhelmed with their own workload and haven’t got to it yet.” Your partner seems distant. Negative interpretation: “They don’t care about me anymore.” Generous interpretation: “They’re probably stressed about something. I should check in with them.” Example: Miguel had a habit of assuming people were being rude or dismissive when they didn’t respond to his messages quickly. This caused constant anxiety and hurt feelings. He started practicing generous interpretation, reminding himself that people have busy lives and their response time (or lack thereof) usually has nothing to do with him. This simple shift reduced his social anxiety dramatically. He stopped creating problems that didn’t exist.

9. Establish a “Worry Window”

Instead of worrying all day (or trying to suppress worry, which doesn’t work), designate a specific time each day for worrying. How to implement this: Choose a 15-minute window each day. When worries come up during the day, acknowledge them and tell yourself, “I’ll think about this during my worry time.” Then, during your designated worry window, set a timer and let yourself worry fully about whatever is concerning you. Write down your worries. Think through them. When the timer goes off, you’re done until tomorrow. Example: Priya found herself consumed by anxious thoughts throughout the day, constantly worrying about work, family, finances, health, everything. She created a worry window: 7:00-7:15 PM every evening. At first, it felt silly. But gradually, she noticed something interesting. When worries came up during the day and she told herself “I’ll worry about this at 7,” they often seemed less urgent. Sometimes by 7 PM, she couldn’t even remember what seemed so important earlier. The worries that were still present during her worry window were usually legitimate concerns that she could actually address rather than just spinning about.

10. End Your Day with Three Good Things

This is different from a gratitude journal. You’re not trying to be thankful for major things. You’re training your brain to notice small moments of goodness that you might otherwise overlook. How to implement this: Before bed, write down or mentally note three specific things that went well or that you enjoyed about your day. Be specific. Not “work was good” but “I had a really helpful conversation with Tom about the project, and we finally figured out the problem.” The specificity matters because it trains your attention to notice these moments as they happen. Example: Tom started doing this at his therapist’s suggestion when he was experiencing depression. At first, he struggled to find even three things. “Got out of bed. Made coffee. Didn’t cry.” But he kept at it. Slowly, over weeks and months, he found himself noticing more moments of goodness during his day because he knew he’d be looking for them later. A funny meme a friend sent. The way the light looked on his walk. A task he completed. His brain gradually rewired to notice positive moments alongside the negative ones, and his depression began to lift.

The Quiz: How Much Have You Absorbed?

Let’s test your understanding of the key concepts from The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down. Answer honestly—there are no wrong answers, only opportunities to reflect on where you are in your journey. Question 1: According to Haemin Sunim, what is the primary reason most of us feel anxious and overwhelmed? A) We have too many responsibilities B) We’re moving too fast to notice what’s actually happening C) We’re not successful enough D) We don’t meditate daily Question 2: How does the book suggest we should relate to our thoughts? A) Believe every thought as absolute truth B) Suppress negative thoughts completely C) Observe thoughts without being completely identified with them D) Only think positive thoughts Question 3: What does Haemin Sunim say about the people who irritate us most? A) We should cut them out of our lives B) They’re deliberately trying to upset us C) They’re often showing us something we don’t want to see about ourselves D) We should confront them immediately Question 4: According to the book, what is the main problem with multitasking? A) It’s impossible to do B) It makes us look unprofessional C) We end up doing multiple things poorly instead of one thing well D) It takes too much energy Question 5: How does the book define self-compassion? A) Making excuses for our failures B) Treating yourself with the same kindness you’d offer a struggling friend C) Lowering your standards D) Never challenging yourself Question 6: What does Haemin Sunim say about comparing ourselves to others on social media? A) It motivates us to do better B) It’s harmless entertainment C) We’re comparing our insides to other people’s carefully curated outsides D) We should compare ourselves more to be competitive Question 7: According to the book, what is the relationship between rest and productivity? A) Rest is laziness and reduces productivity B) Rest is essential maintenance that actually improves productivity C) Only unsuccessful people need rest D) Rest should only happen on holidays Question 8: How does the book suggest we practice gratitude? A) By making long lists every morning B) By pretending everything is perfect C) By noticing small moments of goodness alongside what’s going wrong D) By posting thankful messages on social media Question 9: What does Haemin Sunim say about letting go of the past? A) We should forget everything that happened B) The past is gone and exists only in our memories and stories C) We should constantly analyse our past D) The past determines our future completely Question 10: What is the book’s message about expectations in relationships? A) We should have higher expectations of our partners B) Expectations are healthy and necessary C) Expecting others to make us happy and complete us is unrealistic D) We shouldn’t have any expectations at all

Why This Book Matters Now More Than Ever

We’re living through unprecedented times. The pace of change, the amount of information we’re expected to process, the demands on our attention—it’s all increasing exponentially. We’re more connected than ever and somehow lonelier. We have more conveniences than any generation in history and somehow less time. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down matters because it offers an antidote to the frenetic energy of modern life without requiring us to opt out entirely. You don’t have to quit your job, move to a monastery, or give up technology. You just have to bring more consciousness to how you’re living. The book’s greatest gift might be its gentle reminder that you’re enough, right now, as you are. You don’t need to be more productive, more successful, more enlightened, or more anything. The peace you’re looking for isn’t waiting at the end of some achievement. It’s available right now, in this moment, if you slow down enough to notice it. Haemin Sunim writes with the wisdom of someone who has sat with suffering—both his own and others’—and emerged with genuine compassion. His teachings don’t come from a place of having figured everything out. They come from a place of still being human, still struggling sometimes, and still choosing to be kind to himself and others in the midst of it all.

Your Invitation to Slowness

Reading about slowing down isn’t the same as actually doing it. You can understand every concept in this book intellectually and still live at a breakneck pace. The real work is in the practice, in the daily choice to pause, to notice, to be present. Start small. You don’t have to overhaul your entire life tomorrow. Pick one practice from this article. Just one. Do it for a week. See what you notice. Maybe it’s the one breath reset. Maybe it’s creating a phone-free morning. Maybe it’s the three good things before bed. It doesn’t matter which one you choose. What matters is that you start. Because here’s the truth that Haemin Sunim keeps pointing towards: the life you’re waiting to start living? The one where you’re less stressed, more present, more at peace? That life is available to you right now. Not when you get the promotion, lose the weight, find the relationship, or finally get everything sorted out. Right now. In this moment. In this breath. The things you can see only when you slow down are worth seeing. Your life is worth being present for. You are worth being kind to. So slow down. Look around. Notice what’s here. It’s been here all along.

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Quiz Answers

1. B – We’re moving too fast to notice what’s actually happening
2. C – Observe thoughts without being completely identified with them
3. C – They’re often showing us something we don’t want to see about ourselves
4. C – We end up doing multiple things poorly instead of one thing well
5. B – Treating yourself with the same kindness you’d offer a struggling friend
6. C – We’re comparing our insides to other people’s carefully curated outsides
7. B – Rest is essential maintenance that actually improves productivity
8. C – By noticing small moments of goodness alongside what’s going wrong
9. B – The past is gone and exists only in our memories and stories
10. C – Expecting others to make us happy and complete us is unrealistic