Life on Delay

by John Hendrickson

“I was…lying awake at four a.m. thinking about this,” I said. “If…Carr’s book is all about memory, the imperfection of memory, I want…part of my book to be about…people versus characters. In the narrative of our lives…people are characters, and they’re…good characters or bad characters. But the reality is that they’re multidimensional, nuanced people, and a lot of their choices and decisions are totally…independent of our lives.”

Dr. Steven C. Hayes, the psychologist who developed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Hayes tries to remind people that the voices in your head are like passengers on a bus: You can’t get rid of them, and in some cases, you can’t even silence them. They may be riding with you for the rest of your life. But at the end of the day, you’re the one driving the bus.