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?
Wait, so... that all seems like an argument for allowing oneself to break out of the strictures of an ~arbitrary narrative/self-reinforcing loop, no? I wrote this a long time ago, wonder if it resonates: https://meltingasphalt.com/prickles-and-goo/ … (Btw, "Daniel" is my middle name.)
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Something interesting I noticed about the "Are you really..." article: Alex's self did not keep changing after the event. He spent the next 20 years in Australia.
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Nice essay! I've experimented with changing some of the prickly parts. For example I am (was) rather shy but decided at to pretend to be outgoing at a week-long conference. Worn out by day 5. After doing this several times I was able to be more outgoing.
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But other things didn't stick, like eating a wider variety of food. I'm guessing shyness was nurture and food preference was nature. But… my internal *belief* is that shyness should be nature and food preference should be nurture. Haven't resolved this; continue to experiment.
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