on trading potential for something actual

When you commit to one thing, and let go of the rest, you feel free.

When you commit to one thing, and let go of the rest, you feel free.

The great irony of all our efforts to avoid facing finitude—to carry on believing that it might be possible not to have to choose between mutually exclusive options—is that when people finally do choose, in a relatively irreversible way, they’re usually much happier as a result. We’ll do almost anything to avoid burning our bridges, to keep alive t

When we commit to a course of action, it means that, in some sense, we now own that decision. The value we attach to things, whether they are bottles of wine or our commitment to an endeavor, is likely going to be greater than those same things when they belong to others, and greater than others think those things of ours are worth.

Commitment makes decision-making easier and removes any fear of missing out; knowing that what you already have is good enough,