The thing about getting older is coming to terms with diminishing options.

When you’re young you have, or at least think you have, infinite options.

As you get older you realise that was just an illusion.

Constraints, not options, are what create greatness.

So I think that fewer options should be viewed as a gift not a curse.

Coming to terms with that is more easily said than done.

I’ve also created a mirror of kottke.org on Tumblr so you can read and share posts right in your dashboard. I’ve chosen just these few options because I don’t want a pile of sharing crap attached to each post and I know that kottke.org readers actually use and like Twitter, Tumblr, and even Facebook.

The thing about getting older is coming to terms with diminishing options.

When you’re young you have, or at least think you have, infinite options.

As you get older you realise that was just an illusion.

Constraints, not options, are what create greatness.

So I think that fewer options should be viewed as a gift not a curse.

Coming to terms with that is more easily said than done.