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The narrower and rarer the identity you choose for yourself, the more everything will seem to threaten you. For that reason, define yourself in the simplest and most ordinary ways possible.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
We survive by naming shapes.
Lion, lightning, invoice. Commit to memory, move on.
That shorthand spares calories, keeps skin intact, and lets us cross streets without philosophizing about trucks.
The tradeoff: the moment a thing fits a label, its edges fade.
Nuance gets deleted, anomalies slip through the net, the field of possibility shrinks.
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Lion, lightning, invoice. Commit to memory, move on.
That shorthand spares calories, keeps skin intact, and lets us cross streets without philosophizing about trucks.
The tradeoff: the moment a thing fits a label, its edges fade.
Nuance gets deleted, anomalies slip through the net, the field of possibility shrinks.
Useful fo... See more
When you define yourself around an identity label you forfeit your ability to self-govern and to discern what you genuinely believe from what others tell you to believe. By defining your self around an identity label, you necessarily allow said label to supersede your self. Most importantly, this identity-first approach (i.e., viewing yourself and ... See more