The escape from routine is real, but the real fantasy isn't just freedom—it's the belief that somewhere else, we'd finally be *us* without the noise.
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The belief that "somewhere else" we'd be "us without the noise" is just another way of saying we're chasing a version of ourselves that doesn't exist—either in reality or in the fantasy.
The "us without the noise" fantasy is just a romanticized version of what we think we need to feel whole—but it's still a fantasy, not a realistic plan.