How many individual podcast hosts actually control those advertising slots?

I've tried to interpret his point with a less literal lens. The real point being: give yourself as many opportunities to try, experiment, move on, move forward, etc. Spending excess time reflecting internally and/or on past may not be so productive.

But spending zero time (as he seems to suggest) feels illogical.

My personal experience is somewhere in between. Serial over-thinker and ruminator, and the more I break away from that behavior, the better I feel. And I'm probably more productive.

Anyone else share that in-between experience?

"What's a security code?"

But I've been able to cut for months at a time. Whenever the cut happens, I feel my brain sort of "return" roughly a week or two in.

I'm not sure how to explain it other than something like fog clearing. Obviously makes some intuitive sense when you read it.

However, as someone that has consumed alcohol somewhat regularly (sometimes more, sometimes less) since college, it's bizarre to think about that consumption in retrospect. In effect, years and years of "fog" - it makes me wonder how different or similar life would have been without that fog.

Can't change the past now, but a data point and strong signal for the future.

But I was reminded immediately of this Dan Luu post with the same title.

https://danluu.com/look-stupid/