Hi Friend,
There's a point where thinking stops being useful.
Unfortunately, nobody rings a little bell when you reach it.
So we keep going.
We make another list.
Read another article.
Ask another person.
Imagine seventeen additional scenarios.
Reconsider the thing we already reconsidered yesterday.
And tell ourselves we're figuring it out.
Sometimes we are.
Sometimes we're just trying to think our way into certainty.
But clarity isn't always something you find sitting still.
Sometimes you have to give your brain new information.
You apply for the job and discover whether they call.
You visit the city and notice how you feel walking around it.
You take the class and find out whether you actually enjoy the thing you've been imagining yourself doing.
You publish something.
You ask.
You try.
You go.
And suddenly you're no longer making a decision based entirely on a simulation happening inside your head.
You have data.
Real life has entered the conversation.
I think this is especially useful when a decision feels enormous.
Instead of asking:
Should I completely change my life?
Ask:
What's the smallest thing I could do that would teach me something?
You don't have to quit your job to explore another career.
You can apply.
You don't have to move tomorrow to explore another city.
You can visit.
You don't have to commit to becoming someone completely different.
You can take one tiny action that person might take.
Then pay attention.
Maybe the answer become yes.
Maybe it becomes no.
Maybe you discover an option you couldn't see from where you were standing.
That's the beautiful thing about movement.
It changes your vantage point.
A gentle prompt
What small action could give me more information than another week of thinking about it?
Make it genuinely small.
One email.
One application.
One afternoon.
One experiment.
Then see what reality tells you.
Before I go...
You don't always need more courage.
You don't always need more confidence.
And you definitely don't always needs another pros-and-cons list.
Sometimes you just need a little more information.
Go get some.
Until next Sunday,
Bex
