There is a Greek myth about Narcissus, a man who was so proud and obsessed with his own beauty that it ultimately lead him to his own demise.

For years I have been Narcissus, always worrying about how I looked and whether my acne was improving. I checked the mirror every morning and after every meal and it made me obsessed with how I looked that I would shy away from going outside when it was bad. Acne had affected my will to live life to its fullest potential. But all that had changed when I remembered the story of Narcissus, and I decided to no longer wanted be a Narcissus because it just isn't worth it. There is no need to worry about how you look that much if it was limiting my life that much.

So I changed 1 thing and that was all it took to take back my life. I stopped looking into the mirror.

Every now and then I would look into the mirror and check, but not for more than a couple of seconds. In one day, I no longer thought about the acne on my face and was freed.