i think probably the best tendency i have exhibited in my weird life is seeing opportunities as they arise and just going all in on them im not sure ive passed up any big ones and most of the ones ive hopped on have been instrumental in moving to the next stage
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Over-intellectualizing as a defense mechanism, maybe? Or maybe an overdeveloped ability to talk myself out of things. I don't have a problem with risk where the downside is corporal. Love motorcycles, backpacking solo in the third world, etc.
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But threats to my current self-conception paralyze in a way that threats to my physical well-being do not.
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surely you need a lot of confidence and courage too
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Feels domain specific. I lack for neither where the stakes are physical or legal. It's that pesky "stop procrastinating and do the thing you know you have to, and that you'll probably enjoy" hang-up that gets me.
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