closer to the truth

The writer is a person who wants to hide and be found.

In other words: the value of commitment is that you get something tangible in exchange for it. By making a choice, you get something Real. Whereas stewing in your potential and refusing to transform it into something Actual leaves you living more in your head—weighing and considering and thinking about all of the things you could be doing, but not ... See more

There comes a time when visiting places has less to do with touring space and everything to do with touring selves.

“Part of the problem,” Tavi said, “is talking about big decisions as changing your life in one way, permanently and finally, even though life keeps going and things change again.”

But here's what troubles me about this whole arrangement: we know belief isn't built on truth. It's built on repetition .

It turns out, if you want to save a species, you don’t spend your time staring at the bird you want to save. You look at the things it relies on to live instead.

We live in a society that shows us many paths to status but very few to meaning.

what matters more is who you are in your job, than the job itself