Thank you @riverflows!

I do believe the important part in all this is the willingness (and ability) to just pause for long enough to ask ourselves some of the difficult questions... that we may not like the answers to.

Admitting to ourselves that we "like" to suffer in some way is a difficult experience. Been there, done that. Asking whether you'd want to "keep your own company" can be a really effective tool, to be sure!