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contemplate one’s navel

to excessively think or focus on one’s self or one’s own interests, concerns, or personal problems - usually to their detriment

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  • From actual practice of ’navel-gazing’ or omphaloskepsis, as in meditation; Derived from the Ancient Greek words ’ὀμφᾰλός’ (omphalós, lit. ’navel’) and ’σκέψῐς’ (sképsis, lit. ’viewing, examination, speculation’)
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