i think this is probably super helpful for young adults dealing with anxiety or negative thoughts, who catastrophize regularly. i learned that i don't do those things, but while this book wasn't written for someone like me, i still took a couple of good reminders and pointers. namely, be flexible - in our thinking, in our responses, in general. allow for life to happen and unfold. and that we do not know what others are thinking, and ascribing our own negative thoughts about ourselves onto them is fortune telling of the utmost unrealistic kind.

"'Comparison is the thief of joy.' - Theodore Roosevelt"

"15 seconds [looking at or focusing on something] is recommended in the literature as it gives enough time for the brain to register the thought, not just look at it and instantly discard it." ( )