Most people live a quietly anxious life because they know they should be doing something other than what they're doing, but they don't do anything about it because they don't know what to do, so they keep doing the same thing to numb the pain that comes with change

Are you continuing to do it mostly because it makes you feel interested and alive — or are you continuing to do it mostly because you know what to expect and you're hesitant to make a change?

We convince ourselves to want things because we think it’s what we are supposed to be doing or more common, we get hijacked by the desires of others.1 I convinced myself I wanted to be a consulting partner because it seemed sensible and I didn’t actually have experience following my own interests. A lot of times our wants are underdeveloped simply... See more