this is related to (or a symptom of) my lacking ability to properly change the subject. i play within the rules of the game provided and have immense difficulty fluidly transitioning from context to context. I remain trapped with my own lack of imagination and lack of courage

the quote isn't directly relevant, but i just wanted to call out that i'm pretty bad at the type of thing described in Changing the Subject. it's still a little bit out of place because although he does give some more concrete examples, its obviously mostly oriented around philosophical subjects