Debogging forward

How to get out of a rut, find the right next step, and get closer to a happy life with meaningful work

This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. So, friend, choose your struggles wisely.

Mark Manson • The Most Important Question of Your Life

When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly ge