Known Costs, Unknowable Benefits

If you keep hearing some vague descriptions about how much better some change in life is, but you don’t really “get it,” maybe that’s a sign it’s something you should explore rather than shy away from.

There are so many wonderful benefits to committing to building a life with someone that are not knowable until you are in it. 
Men often get this backward, thinking they need to figure out their life on their own before committing to someone because having a partner or family will be some sort of distraction or loss of productivity. But nothin... See more

If you’re spending zero time walking around in nature, it’s much less obvious that you should prioritize it than it is to someone spending even ten minutes a day touching the grass.

Many of the best quality-of-life improvements seem to have known costs but unknowable benefits.