Most men are running at least one of these arrangements without ever having signed it. When the business clears the next threshold, then the proper trip. When the money is steadier, then the gym taken seriously. When this stretch of work is finally behind you, then you'll learn the instrument, ring the friend you've let drift, write the thing you keep describing to people at dinner.
The arrangement has a shape, even if you've never said it aloud. When X, then Y. It doesn't feel like avoidance. It feels like order. First the work, then the reward. First the conditions, then the life.
And for a while, it works exactly as intended.
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