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by marginalia_nu 1271 days ago
It may be uncomfortable, but you will be free. Taken to the extreme, it grants you a sort of freedom that can't be taken away. You can't compel a man who has nothing they're not willing to give up.
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Be careful not to be willing to give up the tools needed to accomplish your goals, however.

Freedom, like wealth and efficiency, can easily become its own end instead of the end to a healthy, fulfilling life.

Is the purpose sitting there passively saying 'ya, you can't make me do anything' or are you going to do something with that? :)
An example from my life is that I'm very hard to bully/persuade to let things go/get to accept bad decisions. Usually, the impetus behind shutting up and going along is that speaking up will have ramifications on one's career. However, I have MS, which means I had to come to terms with possibly losing my career randomly no matter what I say or do. So it's not really something that can be held over me anymore.

I'm way more stubborn post diagnosis because I promise you (whoever you are) are way less scary than the fact that I might wake up and never walk again.

In my life this manifests through a willingness to speak up for those lower on the totem pole, to call people out on being manipulative assholes, and a willingness to take bolder decisions because I've been through worse, so come at me, bro.