🔼: ###### 🔑 Life cannot always be navigated through problem-solving Word problems and puzzle games have implicitly taught many of us that problem-solving is the way we're meant to navigate life, but this is rarely actually true. Problem-solving requires that we have all the information we need to reach a conclusion. In this complex world we constantly are running into our human limitations – we will never be given all factors and variables needed to navigate the complexities of life. If we approach every aspect of our lives with a problem-solving perspective, our lives will be limited to what can be navigated through it, which is only a tiny fraction of what there is to experience. Our lives will be safe, but small and rarely enriching, rarely as poetic and marvelous as they were intended to be. Our [[💡 Proactive Protectors]] want to keep us safe, but if they are only willing to allow us to act when the problem feels "solved," we won't act much at all – and avoiding a decision *is* a decision. Even if we choose not to move, we are still running out of steps. [^1]: