Mar 8
My twin and I had this conversation once about giving up social media — that you won’t see the progress others don’t post about. And that you have to avoid getting online even to post about progress. You just have to let some things be unknowns forever.
We used the phrase “fly by instruments” because your ability to tell what’s healthy behavior is completely non-intuitive. You have to compare it to criteria others have made. Criteria you may agree with but have trouble internalizing. No eyeballing it.
In fact‚ no looking out the window at all. Just pay attention to the instrument readouts and follow the manual. (Of course this is difficult/impossible in practice. But it’s an inspiring idea adjacent to asceticism.)