‘Circling Back’ to Yourself Is a Powerful Form of Self-Care

An exercise to stop sabotaging your own happiness

Illustrations by Kaki Okumura

It just happens sometimes. I’ll be scrolling through Instagram and see that someone went on a luxurious vacation to a country I’ve never heard of, or see on LinkedIn that an old classmate got a great job promotion at a fancy tech firm. Sometimes it’s not even someone I know, but…