It seems like you might be on the odd-parity cycle: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-

It seems like you might be on the odd-parity cycle: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ Granted, parity in this sense doesn't track "reality", but it might be worth deconstructing your dismissal a bit. There are people that have to deal with irrational fear. Recognizing that you have direct control over that experience can be liberating and life-affirming, to use your language. Personally, where I find the juicy bits are in the questions: - How do you discern reasonable vs. unreasonable fear? - What external factors are controllable and which are not? - The feedback between external and internal factors is probably a mess of non-linearities. Where are the attractors? What does the landscape look like? How can you find the really nice/cool/fun/interesting attractors? Etc. Of course, the above can be generalized beyond fear (via some appropriate natural transformation---hi Haskellers).