You don’t have to do things others do, or have things they have, at the expense of the deeper things you want. You really don’t. Almost everything is an option. You have full permission to ask yourself what really matters to you—whatever that is—and then optimize for that in all hard tradeoffs of life. You’re going to have to make some sacrifices anyway. Might as well not sacrifice the wrong thing.

– Henrik Karlsson

Public service reminder.

Pull out a legal pad or an index card and write down what a meaningful day would like. What work would you do? Where would you live? How would you get around? Who do you hang out with?

Or shoot, any method of documenting your aims and desires could work.

It’s making the quiet time to think that matters.

Beautiful essay. Link below.

Karlsson, Henrik. “Don’t Sacrifice the Wrong Thing.” Escaping Flatland (blog), 2024. https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/sacrifice.