Replied to Should: The Wrong Foundation for Work (and Life) by Tracy Durnell (Cascadia Inspired)

I’m a “should”-er. I “should” myself about my career, my relationships, my diet, my priorities. “Should” is insidious. It disrupts my hard-thought-through priorities to tell me I’m focused on the wrong goals. “Should” makes it hard to distinguish what I … Continue reading →

I’ve totally got this problem too. When it applies to my want to read book list I simply use the framing of an antilibrary.

I like the way you’ve framed it with the “should” idea. Another framing I’ve seen for this sort of philosophy is a more extreme “No ‘yes.’ Either ‘HELL YEAH!’ or ‘no’.”