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*This is a random post to try out Reads on Nostr.* For years, I had been waiting for the moment when stability hits my life: a stable place to live, a stable occupation or project, a stable headspace, for that matter. But it never came. And I realize now that it never will. Since childhood my life has been a constant change of domicile, education facilities, etc. I was bron in one place, raised in another, changed 3 kindergartens and 4 schools. Then another move to study in a big city, a move abroad, a comeback and now again... It seems that the average change-stability cycle lasts around 2 years. It seems that the average change-stability cycle lasts around 2 years. It's no wonder that I start feeling stale and bored when life becomes routine, repetitive: my nature rejects it. For a long time, I thought this constant change was a *bug* and I longed stability, especially seeing many people become extremely successful by doing the same thing year after year. That it's a *feature* is a recent revelation. Or, to be precise, it's both a bug and a feature, a two-sided coin like everything in this life. Need to quit a job? Move to another city? Start a company or shut one down? Hire or fire someone? Conceive another child? These life-altering decisoins don't come easy to many people. As a matter of fact, some are totally paralized in life because they're afraid to make a change. But not me. Change is in my blood. The fact that the future is unknown is exciting to me, not scary. And so far, it's worked well. Sure, impulsive decisions often cause unintended consequences and mistakes, but this is exactly how I learn, this is my *modus operandi*. I don't read instructions — I act. > Wow, this guy likes talking about himself! The post is not about me. I just feel that there are many more people with a similar mindset, cultivated this way for various reasons, but even more people whose lives are too stagnant. So I want to say to them: just go for it. The worst and most extreme thing that can happen to you is death. But even that is not so bad: life-long inaction means you're already walking dead, and that is much worse.