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In Chapter 2 of The Closer, we distinguish between wanting something to be different and deciding for it to be different.

Wanting can be done from the couch, smoking weed, and browsing through travel content. Fantasy is desire without action. Decision is action that cuts off the other options.

This is the leap across the void. It’s the choice to become …