The Theatre of Choice
We seek readiness as sanctuary from wanting, mistaking endless preparation for the very courage it postpones. The paralysis we attribute to insufficient information reveals our terror of sufficient permission to be wrong. What we call thorough research often serves as sophisticated procrastination—a way to transform the discomfort of choosing badly into the comfort of choosing never. Choice quality emerges not from the wisdom that precedes it, but from the commitment that follows it. The job becomes fulfilling through how you work, not how carefully you weighed the salary against the commute. The relationship deepens through how you love, not how perfectly you matched on paper. We've convinced ourselves that better decisions require better data, when what they actually require is better courage to be spectacularly wrong about what we want and discover what we actually need through the act of choosing itself.