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Tom Carrington Smith's Podcast
Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process
Today's podcast covers:1. [Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process](https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/unfolding)Welcome to Pocket to Podcast. Today we have one article covering the design process of life decisions, titled "Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process" by Henrik Karlsson.Henrik Karlsson shares a profound insight into how the most satisfying and successful aspects of his life—his marriage, career, and personal essays—followed a distinct design process he refers to as "unfolding." Karlsson draws on the concept articulated by Christopher Alexander, suggesting that this process involves deeply engaging with one's preferences and the context of their life to iteratively create a life that fits them perfectly. He eloquently states, "Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing," quoting John Stuart Mill to underline the organic, evolving nature of per...Generated by Pocket to Podcast