We do not need to suppress or kill our inner critic, but only need to re-educate it, but only need to deploy three simple ways to make space for the inner child:

1. Get more playful in our creative endeavours.
2. Skip doing something adults do in favour of doing something that kids love to do, like drawing, writing poems and playing in the pool.
3. Practice constructive questioning by asking why to the things we (and others) take for granted.

Being young is being curious. And most people become cynical and overly critical towards life as they grow older, and only a select few retain the wonder, innocence and joy of a child.

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