作者在看到一栋令人惊叹的房子后，反思了自己的人生选择。作者意识到，每一个重大的选择都会引发一系列的连锁反应，塑造出未来的人生轨迹。作者决定放弃安稳的生活，选择环游世界，并计划前往伦敦。作者建议我们在做重大选择时，要考虑其长远的影响，并从未来的目标出发，反向规划当前的选择。

🏠 作者在看到一栋令人惊叹的房子后，开始反思自己的人生选择，意识到每一个重大的选择都会引发一系列的连锁反应，塑造出未来的人生轨迹。

🌍 作者决定放弃安稳的生活，选择环游世界，并计划前往伦敦，因为他意识到这种选择会引领他走向他想要的人生方向。

🔍 作者建议我们在做重大选择时，要考虑其长远的影响，并从未来的目标出发，反向规划当前的选择，这样才能更好地实现我们的人生目标。

🔄 作者通过这个例子，告诉我们，在做选择时，不能只考虑眼前的利益，而要考虑其长远的影响，这样才能做出更明智的选择。

🚀 作者的经历告诉我们，要敢于追求自己的梦想，不要被传统的观念所束缚，只有这样，才能活出真实的自己。

I was 36, and had been living in Portland for two years.I saw an amazing house for sale — really amazing — stunning design, ideal location on the edge of the city, and its backyard was the start of a huge state park.I had a visceral reaction.

For a minute, I daydreamed about living the rest of my life in that house.Find a wife, and raise a family in that house.A bunch of grandkids, and that house would be a multi-generational axis.

Then I snapped out of it.What was I thinking?That’s not the life I want!

In 50 years, what would I rather be saying?

“I bought this house 50 years ago, and I’ve been here ever since!”

… or …

“Hey honey, what year did we move to Berlin?”
“2030, after Buenos Aires. Because in 2040 we moved to Bangalore.”
“Oh right. Our bungalow in Bali was the year before Beijing.”

Now that’s the life I want!Nothing against the settled life for others, but it’s not for me.I want to live in every corner of the world.

We make a big choice, like a house, job, spouse, or dog.We think about the thing itself: the look of the house, what the job pays, what a sweet dog.But a choice has so many cascading consequences.One big choice shapes a hundred little others.I try to imagine the ripple effects — the later details that make the day-to-day difference.

Then I think in reverse.Knowing the consequences I want, what choice would create them?What big choice would nudge a hundred others that way?

Within an hour of seeing that house, picturing the two different paths, it was clear I wanted to leave America forever, so I booked a flight to London.I didn’t know the details, but I knew this big first choice would send me in the right direction.(And it has.)

Atomic habits?Decision fatigue?One big choice decides a hundred others.So it helps to think of implications, and daydream backwards.