I wrote this eight years ago.

I have a friend who's going thru a familiar struggle. I have some advice that's imho worth sharing.

Go some place natural. Alone. Where no one knows you or who you know. Subtract everything that defines you as a pundit or friend of the rich and famous. No gadgets.

Swim. Get massaged. Try being quiet. Talk about your childhood. Find yourself, the person you've been hiding from.

Just be another random person, one of seven billion, because that is the truth. That is who you are. Who I am. Who everyone is. When you really feel it a weight comes off. None of this shit matters.