Buddha taught his students about the five kleshas, or impurities. Most people spend about 98% of their time lost in one or more of these constructs. 

1) Craving (aka. Attachment) - bottomless hunger for more, more, more of the sweet stuff

2) Aversion (another form of attachment) - hatred, or at least annoyance

3) Lethargy - being too lazy, mentally inert

4) Restlessness - being too much of a busybody, always multi-tasking, never present

5) Doubt - in other words, forgetting that you are a Buddha in bloom. (Remember, "there's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be," according to the wise Beatles. It's easy.)

By starting to acknowledge, notice, label and release these kleshas, we invite nicer visitors into our consciousness: Love, Compassion, Peace, Equanimity... maybe even Courage.