If you had told me even two years ago that I would be so into anime that I would be gleaning life lessons from it, it would have been awhile before I stopped laughing in your face.

My sister can attest to the fact that I used to ridicule anime as well as pretty much anyone who watched it regularly (pokemon was exempt for whatever reason), since they normally bore the brunt of my teasing, and I never pictured it as a valuable addition to anyone's life.

I am obsessed with people’s mundane routines. I am that person that consumes morning and night routines on YouTube like a crazy person. I want to know what people eat, what kind of creamer they put in their coffee, how many times they hit the snooze button, do they sleep with an eye mask? I’m a creeper.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m starting to feel overwhelmed with the amount of self-improvement advice out there. On the one hand, it feels like everyone is saying all the same things – eat your veggies, go to the gym, start investing, stop looking at your phone etc. But on the other hand, it feels like there’s more disagreement in this space than ever. Should I eat veggies as part of a keto, paleo, vegan or vegetarian diet? Should I box, swim, HIIT, lift, or run at the gym? How much and with who do I invest? There are endless factions under every piece of seemingly straightforward advice.

Self Help is everywhere. Books are churned out a mile a minute on the subject, google searches for ‘how to___’ are higher than ever and everybody has a piece of advice to offer. There’s nothing wrong with this phenomenon on the surface -- people are simply looking to better themselves. The problem as I see it, is that most people are getting caught up in the wrong methods.