decisions vs choices: what's the diff?
spag mol essay idea. something instinctive tells me they’re not the same thing, but it’s going to need further investigation.
decisions vs choices: what's the diff?
spag mol essay idea. something instinctive tells me they’re not the same thing, but it’s going to need further investigation.
If you don’t know what to do...
Just do something, anything, but only that thing, for at least 5 minutes.
“Ready” is not a feeling, it’s a decision. You might as well start doing exactly what you want—time will pass anyway.
optimise for autonomy versus freedom/independence (we all exist within a context)
Changing your mind can be a choice, but it’s not a decision. We don’t decide to change our minds; it’s more full-bodied than that. Changing our minds is a nuisance. It means rewiring countless associations and links between things, disconnecting and reconnecting dots.
We don’t decide to do this (why would we willingly, repeatedly put ourselves
the only way to live authentically is to acknowledge that you’re inevitably always making decision after decision, decisions that will shape your life in lasting ways, even though you can’t ever know in advance what the best choice might be. In fact, you’ll never know in hindsight, either – because no matter how great or appalling the consequences
... See moreIf you touch an idea too much without actually making it, just like a dough or plaster, it dies. I think it’s better to make and bake it and throw it away than to imagine how it would have worked or tasted. —Zeynab Izadyar

James Clear 3-2-1