#106 You Have Traded Your Own Life for a Seat in the Audience

There is a strange trade happening now. You can delegate errands, calendars, reminders. But the moment you delegate desire—turn on someone else's life and let their excitement stand in for yours—you cross a line you won't notice until much later.

The symptom is subtle. Your own good moments start to feel faint, like a copy of a copy. You catch yourself narrating instead of tasting. You reach for the phone before you reach for the person. Not because you're vain. Because the part of you that used to be inside a day is out of practice.

Wanting your own life takes regular use. Stop using it and it goes quiet. The good news is you can get it back—not by watching more, but by letting your own life be enough without an audience.