The age old wisdom of counting sheep relies on boring yourself into submission, until your mind quietens sufficiently for you to drop off. But those passing sheep weren't made for counting, they were made for watching. And the difference between those two could change your waking life.

“What the superior person seeks is in themself; what the small person seeks is in others.” - Confucius. How we feel about ourselves ultimately shouldn’t be decided by comparing ourselves to others. It should only be weighed up by comparing the current version of us, to our former self. Are we better today, than we were yesterday?