Less Deciding (An essay on postponement)

Less Deciding

An essay on postponement, control, and the quiet cost of thinking

This book does not start with a crisis.

There is no breakdown, no dramatic turning point, no sudden failure.

It starts earlier than that.

With a life that works.

A job that makes sense.

Days that run smoothly enough not to be questioned.

And a man who knows he is capable —

yet keeps delaying the one decision that would give his life direction.

Less Deciding is a short, literary non-fiction book about the moment before action.

About the subtle ways intelligence turns into avoidance.

About how postponement can feel responsible, patient, even strategic — while quietly costing you momentum.

This is not a book about motivation.

It does not teach methods, habits, or frameworks.

It does not explain how to “decide better.”

Instead, it follows a single character through recognition:

• the difference between thinking and moving
• between freedom and openness without boundaries
• between functioning and choosing direction

The writing is calm, precise, and observational.

More essay than handbook.

Closer to a quiet conversation than a lesson.

If you recognize yourself in:

• postponing decisions because “the timing isn’t right yet”
• thinking your way around choices instead of through them
• living a life that looks stable, but feels oddly unfinished

then this book is already speaking to you.

Less Deciding is about removing the need to choose —

by understanding why some decisions are never made.

Not because you don’t know what to do.

But because you keep yourself just far enough from the edge.

What this book is

• A reflective, narrative essay
• Focused on inner tension, not external success
• Written for readers who think deeply — sometimes too deeply

What this book is not

• A self-help guide
• A productivity system
• A promise of transformation

There are no steps.

No conclusions you’re pushed toward.

Only recognition — and what you do with that afterward is yours.

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