I look for patterns. I am not in the field but have read CG Jung and read about him. I have come to believe observing my self talk provides and opportunity to sometimes get “two birds with one stone”. For instance, I have tended to dismiss some of my really good work as “it could have been better”. By stopping that talk I gave myself behavioral relief. By journaling the patter I learned I was living according to a question, “Is this up to the imaged standards I think my mother would expect?” There are a lot of things wrong with that question including not living my life.