He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

— Publilius Syrus

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Not knowing what you are missing is its own kind of peace, and it is a peace with a cost. Someone unaware that things could be better is untroubled and also unlikely to change anything, which is fine until the situation catches up with them. Comfort and accuracy do not always point the same way.

If you have recently learned something uncomfortable about your work, your health or a relationship, the discomfort is the price of being able to act. Do not wish yourself back into not knowing. Take one step that the knowledge has made possible.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What are you better off not measuring too closely?

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