Meta-Wants

Sometimes you want to want something.

You’re scrolling through Reddit, looking at pictures of cozy cabins in the woods. You think to yourself, “I wish I could go move someplace like that”, and then you realize you can.

But you don’t.

Maybe it’s the rough winters, or the lack of good jobs, or a million other things you might use to justify your inaction, but when push comes to shove, this proclaimed desire—that’s completely within your grasp!—goes unfulfilled.

You didn’t actually want it after all.

You just wanted to want it.