“Maybe you’re reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road”
-Katy Perry
Yeah I just quoted Katy Perry. Maybe because this song is a mechanically engineered earworm. But I digress.
Everyone seems to love to say “when one door closes, another one opens.” But its also true “when one door opens, another one closes.” Every time you say yes to something, you are saying no to a nearly infinite number of alternatives.
This scares me. How can you know which door to take? Most people seem to ignore the doors they can’t see, as if they don’t exist. Aren’t you curious what’s behind those other doors? Don’t you want to know the weight of your choices? Or is it easier to ignore these because you can’t undo your choice?
