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by pvarangot 1402 days ago
> It seems to be around that time when people choose a path - either quitting that thing or leaning into it, consequences be damned.

It's not that simple. You can fool yourself into thinking there's no consequences like "being on social media 12 hours per day is completely normal, I know a lot of productive people that do it", and then lean into it more. There's also the chasing the dragon thing "maybe Trump will kill himself and if I make the first most upvoted Reddit comment I may become an online celebrity", in which every time you do something it feels like a novel thing because you are waiting for the time you actually get the dragon.