Are we all just following the path of least resistance?
When do we break the cycle of doing what’s easiest? Are we breaking the cycle 99% of the time or 1% of the time?
Path of least resistance doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing the least amount of work. It means that you’re following the path of likely acceptance.
The path of least resistance might be to take difficult classes, go to an elite institution and get a fancy job because any straying from that path would incur massive resistance from friends and family.
So maybe it’s not about resistance but instead about acceptance. We’re all doing what we feel would be most accepted?
Accepted by who? Luckily we get to decide. Although not all of us take that opportunity and instead let it be decided for us.
Maybe the freedom isn’t in your actions, it’s in the choosing whose acceptance to value.