Adaeze Okonkwo
INTP student in London
You
I keep choosing the practical path, but it feels like I am becoming less myself.
Adaeze
That sounds less like indecision and more like a conflict between two definitions of safety. One protects your future. The other protects your self-respect.
You
So what would you do?
Adaeze
I would make the tradeoff explicit. Not dramatic. Just honest. What are you buying with this practical choice, and what is it asking you to quietly sell?