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class="dark-link perm_post"> reflect. It's kind of magical and it's such a helpful thing that gets you something quite different than just being mindful of your breath. There are obvious benefits to that as well, but it's just different. It's a different muscle you're kind of flexing, and it's profoundly helpful in daily life.</p><h2 id="s9">Practical Takeaways</h2><p><strong>Cort:</strong> So any final thoughts? Maybe we can bring this one to a close and invite some healthy self-reflection for the year that has gone by, for those of you who are watching at the end of the year.</p><p>I think it goes back to these key ingredients of healthy self-reflection, which is being intentional about it — to treat it as a practice that you do in short moments throughout your day. And if you have time to do it as a formal meditation, even better. And then to really nurture curiosity as the driving force behind that — which is really just to get curious about your own mind and notice how your thoughts are operating, notice how they shape your experience. Notice how when you think differently about something, like you intentionally take another perspective. Just notice what happens. Get curious about that. It becomes actually quite fascinating when you become a student of your own mind in that way.</p><p><strong>Richie:</strong> Yeah. And when you can really lean into that curiosity, it almost becomes something that is playful. You can approach it with a lightness that is very helpful.</p><p><strong>Richie:</strong> No, I think we had a great conversation and I look forward to hearing from all of you about your experiences with tinkering around with this process of healthy self-reflection.</p><p><strong>Cort:</strong> Yeah. Likewise. Maybe that can be our parting thought for those of you who watch this — especially if you're watching on our Substack, or if you're watching on YouTube, you can maybe even share in the comments. But I think this is a time where we can look back and just kind of ask one simple question: what have I learned this year? How have I grown this year? And to look back and reflect on the experiences you've had from the vantage point of that question, and just see the different ways you've learned and grown, the insights you've had and so on.</p><p>So maybe we could all just experiment with this, and we'd love to hear from you. Share a little bit in the comment sections in the chat and whatnot — it would be very inspiring for us to hear from you. So we hope it goes well and we'll be very much curious to hear what comes of the conversation. 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