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16 I asked 10 people what they’d do with a completely free day and no obligations and seven of them couldn’t answer — not because they didn’t have ideas but because the question itself caused a kind of panic, and that panic is the thing I can’t stop thinking about

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Sarah Mitchell @ Silicon Canals 1 place · today 20:00 EDT

I asked 10 people what they’d do with a completely free day and no obligations and seven of them couldn’t answer — not because they didn’t have ideas but because the question itself caused a kind of panic, and that panic is the thing I can’t stop thinking about

When I asked ten people what they'd do with a completely free day, seven couldn't answer—not because they lacked imagination, but because the question triggered an existential panic that revealed something deeply unsettling about how we've lost touch with our own desires.

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