I was thinking this morning about a conversation I had with my grandfather. This particular example, I was living in LA at the time. My grandmother, my grandfather. They flew in from Boston. And, you know, I think we're doing some family stuff, but I wanted to hang out with my friends down the street. I wanted to go to Kyle's house, play Star Wars, whatever it was we were doing, and that felt like the world to me. Like, I didn't want to miss out on that because I felt like I'd lose it. If I wasn't there, I'd lose something. And I remember him taking me from the kitchen to the living room being like, Eddie, you have to relax. He's like, that stuff, I promise you, will always be there. The fun, the escape, the metaphorical going to Kyle's house will always be there.

You have to do what's right for you.

And then when you need that, it's there.

It's almost like all the nuance and the detail is reacquirable.

And why I'm bringing this up, and it's a little bit of a pivot, but, you know,

I've seen throughout my life, right, personally this sort of loss aversion, like I mentioned a few days

ago, where you don't want to leave a bad situation because you fear that the very basic

boxes that you've checked,

you can't get them back, right?

It's like you can have a job that's,

you're not satisfied, you're unfulfilled,

there's nothing great about it,

you've lost your sense of self, your purpose,

but you get in a paycheck, right?

Or at least you have some direction in the day

or in your life, you can say who you are,

there's some identity, there's some very basic boxes.

You're not happy, but the basic boxes are checked.

And what you fear is, if you leave in pursuit

of something different, maybe you can't check those boxes again.

Right? Or you're in a relationship and it's like,

it's not right.

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