Stepping off the prescribed track and becoming a nobody generally requires taking risks.
The way I see it, the early part of a person's life calls for diligence, but from the middle onward it seems to demand risk-taking.
Parkour has its own philosophy of risk-taking, too, and it's worth a look even if you never do parkour.
This note is an index collecting various thoughts on taking risks.
So then — let's lock ourselves inside a hero's narrative and learn to enjoy taking risks.