What are some lifestyle choices or decisions you’ve made that most people would consider “unconventional”? — taking a different path, coloring outside the lines, etc. If those choices are in hindsight, how do you think about them now?
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I feel that “most people’s” idea of a “conventional” choice or life path are outdated, often stupid, unthinking, tradition fallacy and as a consequence almost entirely wrong. All of my life choices are somewhat unconventional because I actually thought about them.
I love this attitude, and try to practice it often (in my life and also at work). At the same time, I’ve developed a healthy respect for the implicit wisdom of tradition: if it’s a stable/enduring pattern, it must be somehow “right” or “good.”
