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poll (also would love to hear more detailed responses): have you ever "just decided" or "just willed" that you would change in some way, e.g. give up smoking or drinking, become a kinder person, a large change like that? if so, did it stick?

yes | yes, often
14.3%
yes | yes, sometimes
54.6%
yes | no, not really
21.1%
no
10%

1,071 votesFinal results

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Sep 15, 2021

i'm gonna try to just decide to become a person who can just decide to change, i'll let you know if it does anything at all

Hormeze

@hormeze

Sep 15, 2021

I think it might be less about the deciding and more about the telling yourself and others a good story about it a bunch of times

Hormeze

@hormeze

Sep 15, 2021

"You'll never believe this crazy thing that happened to me. I was sad and now I'm happy. I was alone and now my life is full of connection and love. The funniest thing happened to me in the way to the grave, I healed and laughed after a decades of confusion and fear."

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Replying to

@hormeze

didn't see what thread this was in so initially i assumed this was a norm macdonald quote either way, nice

5:35 AM · Sep 15, 2021Twitter Web App

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Hell yeah I'm trying to grab onto his tailcoats as hes whisked off to heaven I kinda wanna see if I can grok his unique pacing or secret to enjoying an angry audience as a tribute

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Sep 15, 2021

🙏