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Card #c353IR // #c353Synthesis

We go on vacations—drive down 101 to Bandon or go camping at Crater Lake—vacations that are always much more exciting to plan than they are to experience.

— In our words · Source: Tilt (Emma Pattee)

[Use when]

Use when anticipation outruns experience and that is the point.

[Why it matters]

Anticipation is the product; the trip is just fulfillment logistics for a feeling already consumed.

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