Alan Watt’s Backwards Law And 3 Ways It Can Help With Your Mental Health

“When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float’ and that ‘insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.”

- Alan Watts

I’ve been rereading some Alan Watts. If you don’t know who Alan Watts is, I suggest you read or listen to his many books or talks.

One of his more famous thoughts is the “backwards law,” which is nicely summed up in the quote above. Essentially the more you try and grab a hold of something…