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From the Shelves's avatar

What strikes me most is how valuable motion is--most of "feeling" stuck comes from actually "being" stuck! It's self-evident, but as you point out in this article, it's worth repeating! Just like being caught in a rip-tide, the best way out can be to not swim back to shore, but to move in a different direction!

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Well said!

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

When you can let go of control and let yourself flow, you find out just how little control you actually had.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

This post makes me like Seneca even more than you already convinced me of in our conversation. Brilliant post and one that makes me feel better about my occasional and deliberate departures from my discipline such staying up late and having a nice bottle of wine with my wife like I’ll be doing this evening.

Outstanding as always Andrew

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Just stayed up way too late at a wedding we're attending. No regrets :)

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

❤️👊🏻

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John Raisor's avatar

Wrote a much briefer, but very similar post recently.

https://open.substack.com/pub/occamsraisor/p/the-benefits-of-being-off-balance

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John Cook's avatar

As relevant then as it is now - appreciate you writing this Andrew; very timely .

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Thanks! Glad you got something out of it.

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