Most people deny having Inner Butterfly Effects and act like they control their thoughts, feelings, and actions, but honest self-examination reveals that minds constantly run off and start thinking about unproductive things

Pagan states: 'most of us want to act like we're totally together like this stuff never happens to us—but if you were honest with me I think you would admit that constantly your mind runs off.' The first step to managing mental chaos is honest acknowledgment that it happens.