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“A Counterculture of Commitment” Speech
the seductive temptation to “keep your options open”—which is really just another way of trying to feel in control—in favor of deliberately making big, daunting, irreversible commitments, which you can’t know in advance will turn out for the best, but which reliably prove more fulfilling in the end.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
I’m convinced that this friction is what creates the texture that shallow experiences lack. You can’t Instagram your way into belonging; it requires choosing deliberate entanglement over endless optionality, again and again