The Problem with Wish Fulfillment

Jeffrey Scott
6 min readMay 27, 2021

It’s Time to Reassess the Things I Wanted in Life

My phone buzzed in my pocket.

As directed by the compulsive response I pulled it out of my pocket to see what needed my attention. On this particular occasion, the buzz was warranted. It was a FaceTime call from my 18 year old son.

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