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=== Assistant: Okay. ===
Okay. I’ll take this as a thought experiment, grounded and human — not symbolic, not prophetic.

Scenario:
People in Belgium wake up and decide:

: 

Now let’s look at real consequences, not ideals.

===== Positive =====
* Better focus and performance → more competence
* More trust from colleagues → more stability
* Structure → nervous systems calm down
* Income → safety → options

Negative
* Disappointment when work isn’t meaningful every day
* Friction between fantasy and routine
* Risk of over-identifying with performance
* Burnout if “absolute best” has no limits

So even here: mixed outcomes. That’s normal.

===== If fantasy stays private, playful, creative: =====
* It becomes motivation, imagination, innovation
* People design better systems, art, solutions
* Mental health improves when fantasy ≠ obligation

If fantasy becomes identity or expectation:
* People feel trapped when reality doesn’t match
* Frustration, resentment, grandiosity or collapse
* “I deserve more” turns into “I can’t tolerate less”

This is where things split.

===== The outcome doesn’t depend on: =====
* Belgium
* Jobs
* Ambition
* Fantasy itself

It depends on this one distinction:

👉 Is fantasy a place you VISIT — or a place you LIVE?
* Visit → healthy, creative, human
* Live → unstable, disappointing, isolating

No society functions if many people start living in fantasy while expecting reality to adapt.

===== For you, Quinten, the danger isn’t: =====
* Wanting fire
* Wanting meaning
* Wanting intensity

The danger is:
* Turning intensity into a rule
* Turning imagination into truth
* Turning “doing my best” into “I must not stop”

That’s when people crash — not because they’re weak, but because they skip limits.

===== A healthy human life looks like this: =====
* Work grounds you
* Fantasy inspires you
* Limits protect you

Remove limits → consequences get heavy fast.

If you want, next we can:
* Apply this specifically to your current situation
* Or strip it down to one sentence you can hold onto today

Just tell me which.