But I guess maybe there is still value to the idea that often the "show stoppers" that keep you from breaking out of your familiar ruts are really just fears that you haven't actually examined yet.
For example, many people with kids in cities really struggle with schools, affordable housing and childcare. Cultivating more financial and location independence can help solve all those issues by moving away from expensive areas where there's extreme competition for good schools and where you have no extended family support. And many people with families have their children on a very narrow program preparing them for a certain type of urban success. But I have a young nephew who lives in the countryside being raised by two former high-powered professionals turned farmers. There are other options and ways of life out there but it takes some "inverted thinking" to find them.
I've dubbed articles and advice like this as "manic pixey tech guy" syndrome.