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Just because he does not articulate that "I have health problems, thus a normal job does not work for me" does not mean that isn't baked into his choices. He wa

by Mz 9y ago

Just because he does not articulate that "I have health problems, thus a normal job does not work for me" does not mean that isn't baked into his choices. He was apparently relieved when he was fired because the job wasn't really working for him. The lack of that observation may mean he isn't the most stellar author ever. Or it may mean he is not some font of wisdom and his explanations are sort of half-baked. But none of that is evidence that his choices were irrational. It doesn't have to be the same choice you would make for it to be rational. And I don't owe you justification for my life choices. It is obnoxious to imply that I do. I haven't dismissed nor attacked your life choices. I have merely pointed out the obvious-on-the-face-of-it fact that your life is different from his and this creates different decision trees and different outcomes. That's it.

kadavy 9y ago
Hi, I'm the author. Thanks for reading and commenting. To clear it all up, yes, I had health problems even at the time, and still do. I didn't realize how much the condition was affecting me until several years after I started on my own. Now I know that it caused me to make more emotional decisions, to have a short fuse, and to tire easily. It still does. As I reflect on it, I try not to make that too much of a factor. It's one of those mysterious impossible-to-indentify conditions. I still marvel that a person can go to an office every day, work around all of those people, and not need to take a nap in the middle of the day. In the rare days that I really feel good, suddenly "normal" people make sense. But that quickly slips away. I don't want to make that a part of my rationalization of my decisions, though it likely played a large part. Anyway, I think I explained the rationale behind my irrationality in my post so I'll let that do the rest.

by Mz 9y ago

kadavy 9y ago

Hi, I'm the author. Thanks for reading and commenting. To clear it all up, yes, I had health problems even at the time, and still do. I didn't realize how much the condition was affecting me until several years after I started on my own. Now I know that it caused me to make more emotional decisions, to have a short fuse, and to tire easily. It still does. As I reflect on it, I try not to make that too much of a factor. It's one of those mysterious impossible-to-indentify conditions. I still marvel that a person can go to an office every day, work around all of those people, and not need to take a nap in the middle of the day. In the rare days that I really feel good, suddenly "normal" people make sense. But that quickly slips away. I don't want to make that a part of my rationalization of my decisions, though it likely played a large part. Anyway, I think I explained the rationale behind my irrationality in my post so I'll let that do the rest.