Writing a post about "staring into the abyss" (ie thinking about stuff that's uncomfortable or may have scary conclusions). Help me come up with some closing questions to provoke abyss-staring!
Is there an abyss you wish you'd stared into more/sooner? What qs would have helped?
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I spent some terrifying fraction of the past two years staring into some keys abysses. In every case I should have stared into the appropriate abyss sooner. 🕳️👀
A few abyss-staring questions that were helpful:
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Do I actually want to keep doing <x>, or am I enacting a tradition hoping to return to some bygone past?
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Is there really nothing that I can do about <x>, or am I just telling myself that to avoid responsibility?
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Do I think that <x> is incorrect, or do I object to the aesthetic/find the conclusions distasteful?
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Am I avoiding <x> because it conflicts with some part of my identity/self-image?
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Am I actually failing at <x>, or is there just an unacknowledged tradeoff in my space of actions?
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Why am I holding myself to a standard that I would never hold another person to?
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(I found a few more but they're sensitive or require sensitive context.)