To be less caught in clinging and suffering, you need to develop some form of renunciation practice that interrupts this pattern and disengages from the ego’s drive to have what it wants. After some years of experimentation, I discovered three ego-renunciation practices that loosen the ego’s grasp on the mind but don’t require you to make any outward changes in your life. The first is renouncing your attachment to being right. The second is committing to no longer measuring the success of your life by how many of your wants are met. The third is giving up being the star of your own movie. 

Dancing with Life, Chapter 11, pp. 126-129

For your reflection: Choose one of these three renunciation practices and live it as fully as you’re able for one week. Watch what happens in your mind when you are forced to practice the renunciation. Does the ego start rationalizing? Does it get angry or feel sorry for itself? Notice that it feels good to be committed to something beyond desire.