On Decision, Indecision
Check out the podcast version of today’s newsletter at Rhythms of Focus (Apple Podcasts, Spotify).
- Kourosh
Decisions can weigh heavy.
Even seemingly small ones, like deciding what to order at a restaurant or making a small purchase, can weigh us down into seeming paralysis.
Meanwhile, large ones like considering a change of professions or a move can plague us, filling the crevices of our every day, again miring us in anxieties, fears, regrets and more.
Or as decisions remain undecided, they can easily create and sustain multiple waves and storms, exacerbating the scatter of a wandering mind…
How can we manage?
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