You keep forcing yourself into either/or. Some of the hardest choices aren’t a fork at all — they’re a both you haven’t given yourself permission to hold.
“What would you have me know about the both I keep trying to make an either/or?”
Some additional insights around this question:
- What choice are you framing as one-or-the-other?
- Is there a version where both are true?
- What would it take to stop choosing against yourself?