Dear Interwebs:
I have a fairly big decision to make and I’m not sure how to go about making it. Because the result of the decision will change my life–definitely within the next 5-7 years and probably for longer. If I decide the outcome of the decision is just too hard and I let the possibility freak me out, I’m worried that I’ll end up with regret. I, fortunately, don’t have much regret at this point in my life and I’d like to keep it that way.
So. How do you make life-altering decisions?
Do you talk it to death? This is what I feel like I’m doing and the talk keeps going in a circle.
Do you decide to not make the decision because you figure it’s situational and once the situation changes a bit you’ll lose interest and that means you were never that driven to the outcome anyway?
Do you ask others who have done similar?
Do you read available literature?
Do you flip a coin?
Do you jump in with both feet and worry about the implications later?
Signed,
Trapped in an Existential Funk
I’ve figured out a lot of answers by taking long walks and talking to myself out loud while walking. Sure, I probably look a little crazy but it’s worked for me in the past. I’ve also found that it does help to talk to people who are in similar situations.
You are lucky that you have very little regret so far. I wish I could say the same thing.
Jump in, worry later. Life is too short to take the safe route.
Thanks you guys. I’m done talking to myself and I’m going to jump in and see what happens. That way if I fail at least I’ll know I tried, but I probably won’t fail.
I think I was thinking too much and trying to talk myself out of doing something hard when the best thing to do is to do the hard thing. Enough psycho-babble, I think I’ll go have a glass of wine.