sartre – Anne Z

Day 193 of 1000: Self-authorship, through writing and choosing

Two acts of authorship: sharing through writing and creating a life. Authoring a better situation for my dad and his dog.

There’s no easy way to make important choices in our lives. We don’t know what might ensue or who we might become through those choices.

Starting from Kierkegaard’s idea of inwardness, reviewing Nietzsche and Jung with similar ideas, and then onto my matriarchal role.

Two perspectives on freedom, from an existentialist and a neurobiologist, and what Hegel said about consciousness.

Choosing a societally-approved partner vs one you authentically want is “bad faith” in existentialist vernacular. What does authentic love look like?