For most of my life, I was told that it was conceited to give yourself props (positives). As a result, I was very critical of myself and saw the world in a negative way. I was hyper-focused on all the things that were wrong with my life: all the things I didn’t have, the way people treated me, and all the bad things in the world. I felt angry all the time with all of life’s injustices and how unfair I felt life was. Don’t get me wrong, there were many things in my life to be