You Only Live Once

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Mickey has observed that sticking things out comes with a second big benefit. As Pete Davis explained earlier, committing yourself to one particular person or ranch or craft or career allows the thing you committed to to open itself up to you.
If you don't make that step, the doors will never open. You don't know what door is going to open, but there will be doors that open that are fantastic.
Mickey is the first to admit that it takes faith to trust the power of your commitments and that your psychological immune system will be there to catch you if you fall. It takes courage to go where you've never been before and do what you've never done before or do something and commit to it with everything you have. But that's okay because that's the fun of all of it. That's life.

YOLO seems like the perfect rock 'n' roll philosophy. You only live once... so do whatever seems right in the moment. Be spontaneous. Quit your job; find a new person to date; and always, always keep your options open.

We all fear getting stuck in the wrong occupation, relationship or home - so shun fully committing to anything. But we're misguided. The man who coined the term YOLO - the Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart - tells Dr Laurie Santos that throwing yourself fully into a life choice is the best way to live our precious life.