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In defense of OP and this phenomenon in general, it's super difficult to fully analyze a system of which one is part. So yeah, this is why we see effective life coaches whose own lives are a shitshow. Compounding that difficulty are the emotional attachments we have to specific outcomes of a given situation. Mark Manson goes into this in humorous fashion in "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck."