We Are Our Choices

If Sartre’s assertion is true, I’ve got to lay off the peanut butter. 🤔🤪 Like any self-respecting student in France’s philosophy-heavy institutions of higher education, I once spent a lot of time analyzing Simone de Beauvoir, Chomsky, Voltaire… . I loved them all but had a particular fascination with Sartre, existentialism and his notion that “we are our choices.” The mental gymnastics required to wrap my brain around his stuff was next level. .

But this isn’t a post about academics; it’s about peanut butter. You see, Sartre stood for what he believed in. In fact, in 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature— and refused it. Like any prolific thought leader, he stayed on message and took actions coherent with his teachings: “A writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution,” he explained. .

If Sartre could decline the Nobel Prize, then surely I can distance myself from peanut butter. *babysteps* Besides, if there’s any truth to “we are our choices,” I sure as hell don’t want to test his theory and fail to DISPROVE it. 🤪😂
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