Some of your best days will be ones where you gave more than you got.

Keeping score works for games and works badly for people. The days that end up standing out are often the ones where the exchange ran the other way: you drove, you helped, you stayed late for somebody and got nothing measurable back. Being useful seems to register more deeply than being looked after.

Find one chance this week to give more than you get, and do not mention it afterwards. That evening, notice where it sits next to the things you were owed.