An activity expresses my total being and original choice in that circumstance

Evidence

Thus if I am rowing on the river, I am nothing—either here or in any other world—save this concrete project of rowing. But this project itself inasmuch as it is the totality of my being, expresses my original choice in particular circumstances; it is nothing other than the choice of myself as a totality in these circumstances. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1326

Categorization

• XREF: The rowing example previews the early-20th-century ‘existential psychoanalysis’ method that subsequently shaped the reading of Beauvoir’s situated freedom. — connects to: Choosing a situation and choosing one’s self are inseparable daily acts — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1290; Every act expresses the totality of the self rather than prior causes; Freedom constitutes my being rather than attaching to it as a property (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Choosing a situation and choosing one’s self are inseparable daily acts — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1290; Every act expresses the totality of the self rather than prior causes; Freedom constitutes my being rather than attaching to it as a property (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Every act expresses the totality of the self rather than prior causes #exemplifies (0.90)
• Personal possessions and surroundings concretely express one’s fundamental self-choice. #corroborates (0.85)
• Freedom constitutes my being rather than attaching to it as a property #expands (0.80)