and it turned out to be “actually pretty impossible” vs “okay actually sort of straightforward if I were trying all the obvious things”.
Interesting, because looking at this question, things not appearing “straightforward” appears to be why I flinch away from them—I know that ‘straightforward’ doesn’t imply “easy” or “effortless” but I assume it does imply something like predictability? As in, digging a big hole can be very straightforward in that you you grab a shovel and dig, and then keep digging until it’s big enough. But the act of digging is also very hard and effortful. Does “straightforward but effortful” seem to characterize, in flavor, how a task appears once you’ve forced yourself to question if it is impossible?
Maybe it’s not you’re not deficient in dreaming impossible things so much as you’re very good at seeing “obvious” means and ways of accomplishing something and mapping how the dominoes land.
Interesting, because looking at this question, things not appearing “straightforward” appears to be why I flinch away from them—I know that ‘straightforward’ doesn’t imply “easy” or “effortless” but I assume it does imply something like predictability? As in, digging a big hole can be very straightforward in that you you grab a shovel and dig, and then keep digging until it’s big enough. But the act of digging is also very hard and effortful. Does “straightforward but effortful” seem to characterize, in flavor, how a task appears once you’ve forced yourself to question if it is impossible?
Maybe it’s not you’re not deficient in dreaming impossible things so much as you’re very good at seeing “obvious” means and ways of accomplishing something and mapping how the dominoes land.