The Devil · XV

✦Something has a grip on you: a habit, a craving, a dynamic, a comfort that quietly turned into a requirement.

It's pleasant or familiar enough that the cost is easy to overlook. Look closely at the chain and you'll often find it's looser than it feels.

Write down exactly what you get from it and exactly what it takes. Then test the chain with one small act of choosing differently.

Using 'this is just who I am' to stop asking whether you still want it.