Surety - 12/1/2025
There are so many articles about agency. You can just do things!
I subscribe to this notion out of need. I want to do things, I want to be a certain person, and it's comforting and necessary for me to believe there's a path there. I'm not stuck as who I am, and there are always things to strive for.
But I get stuck on the first step a lot: surety. How do I know this is the right step to take? How do I know this is the best way to do it? How do I know this is something I should do, that it's not a whim in the wind?
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ELLIE: (still deadpan) “Am I sure I’m different? How do I know I’m sure?”
ASTER: I can be sure!
ELLIE: “I mean, what does God think...?”
ASTER: Oh my god-!
ELLIE: Just on and on and-
ASTER: You watch: in a couple years, I’M GONNA BE SO SURE.
ELLIE: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
~The Half of It
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I hope I'll get there.
