As someone who interviews other people trying to understand why and how someone makes decisions, many of your thoughts keep bringing me back to Thich Nhat Hanh's quote that goes something like, "Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness...." There's no one true way to do something... and it always seems…
As someone who interviews other people trying to understand why and how someone makes decisions, many of your thoughts keep bringing me back to Thich Nhat Hanh's quote that goes something like, "Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness...." There's no one true way to do something... and it always seems more straightforward in hindsight.
I also resonate deeply with this part of your post: "The main thing I’ve learned about decisions is that you can never really know the right answer." Making decisions is hard, sometimes easy, but regardless of difficulty level and how much time is spent laboring over the decision itself, you're absolutely right (to me) in just choosing. Often, we forget that not making a choice is also a choice itself.
As someone who interviews other people trying to understand why and how someone makes decisions, many of your thoughts keep bringing me back to Thich Nhat Hanh's quote that goes something like, "Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness...." There's no one true way to do something... and it always seems more straightforward in hindsight.
I also resonate deeply with this part of your post: "The main thing I’ve learned about decisions is that you can never really know the right answer." Making decisions is hard, sometimes easy, but regardless of difficulty level and how much time is spent laboring over the decision itself, you're absolutely right (to me) in just choosing. Often, we forget that not making a choice is also a choice itself.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Kasra!