When you are 26 years old, it common to spend a lot of time pursuing what you want without spending much time considering why you want it. When I was 26, I wanted to be a successful YA novelist. I wanted it more than I wanted a long life, or happiness, or a family...

i’ll do it: it’s actually bad to have more agency than you have a clear understanding of your values. that’s a recipe for being preyed on by people who want your agency to serve their agenda. refusing to cultivate agency can be a defense against this

apparently it's contentious to say that agency is bad. oh no. anyways. agency for agency's sake is worse than useless, it stops you from being able to use that agency. you dont need to increase your agency. nobody does what you need is meaning, something to live... See more