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agency & inertia - Tommy Dixon

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I am a young man that falls into old ways. Gaining agency is gaining the capacity to push back against inertia. To act outside of it. To do things beyond the events that merely happen to me. ~~~ A few days ago, I made a list of five people I admire. The commonality was agency. People who do not merely exist on the surface, but have an active curiosity about their world. A certain obsessive nature. A sensitivity to beauty. Who don’t just flip on their drip coffee maker, but learn to craft a cup of coffee using an Aeropress. Who don’t just burn their steak bland, but learn how to cook a michelin-star medium rare. Who don’t just Snapchat their $17 avocado toast but use photography to make people feel wonder and emotions that are difficult to put into words. Their environment acts on them, but they also act on their environment. People who are builders. People who create new things out of nothing and, in their creation, breathe new life into the world. Not excellence in the finished produc

a collection of anecdotes The Education of Achilles by Eugène Delacroix, 1862 I’ve been thinking about creating more agency in my life. I am a young man that falls into old ways. Gaining agency is gaining the capacity to push back against inertia. To act outside of it. To do things beyond the events that merely happen to me. ~~~ A few days ago, I made a list of five people I admire. The commonality was agency. People who do not merely exist on the surface, but have an active curiosity about their world. A certain obsessive nature. A sensitivity to beauty. Who don’t just flip on their…

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