I thought it was so cool that the devotionals from August 19 and August 20 seemed to speak to my life and your life, respectively. Check them out.

19th: Self-examination and self-awareness  produces a sense of struggling in our lives and distracts us from focusing on God.
20th: Self-pity or believing yourself wronged by others also distracts from God and the fact that He has promised us rest in Him.

What challenging ideas. It seems almost impossible to stop focusing on self and to focus only on God.