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Believing in the Choice

Believing in the Choice

Thoughts on perfection, the Choice, and where this thing is going.

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Christopher Jolma
Feb 27, 2024
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So, it’s been about two weeks since the last time I published. My apologies—it’s just that hypocrisy has been taking up a lot of my time.

I’ve actually been keeping up an aggressive writing schedule. Only, you know, without the publishing part. Why no publishing? Because: no perfection.

If you’re anywhere within earshot of the self-improvement space, you’ve heard the words, “Completion over perfection.” I’d wholeheartedly agree with that—and then I go ahead and delay until perfection is achieved which, of course, never hapens.

I was house-sitting for some friends out in the country over the last couple of weeks, and I did a lot of thinking. I’d walk the long, dusty road that ran out front of their house. This picture doesn’t do justice to the perfection of this part of the walk.

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