I think he may be cancelled now, but John Mulaney had a quote in a stand-up special once about adulthood, and it boiled down to: “We overcommit to things to NOT disappoint people, and then in the process of overcommitting, we disappoint people.” Seems very true in most contexts, friendships, and relationships I’ve known. I am guilty of it too.
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