Psychology says people who have made peace with their worst choices aren’t usually in denial or pretending; they’ve done something harder, which is to find the thread of meaning in something that genuinely hurt them or someone else
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The worst thing I ever did took about four weeks, and I did it in a good mood.
Early 2020. I stood in front of my staff and told them we’d be fine. I had seen the numbers. I knew we would not be fine. I said it anyway, because saying it out loud made me feel better, and because it bought me time to arrange an exit that didn’t make me look like I’d lost. Two of them turned down other work on the strength of that sentence.
I’ve made peace with it, though it took about three
Early 2020. I stood in front of my staff and told them we’d be fine. I had seen the numbers. I knew we would not be fine. I said it anyway, because saying it out loud made me feel better, and because it bought me time to arrange an exit that didn’t make me look like I’d lost. Two of them turned down other work on the strength of that sentence.
I’ve made peace with it, though it took about three
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