“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung

One of the keys to happiness I have found in life is this: You don’t have to do anything. You don’t have to engage with anything that does not serve you. Most things in life are not inherently bad; they usually serve us until they stop. As Swiss Psychoanalyst Carl Jung noted, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” What is unconsciously or consciously directing your life? Most of us lead our lives based on the dictates of our social programming, religious indoctrination, unquestioned societal norms, social media pressure, and the shoulds and have-tos. You don’t have to do anything in life, especially if it stops serving you, such as being loyal to toxic family and friends, negative behaviour(s), addictive hobbies, stressors, drama etc.