One of the most difficult things in life is to make sound decisions. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that it is more important to be able to merely make a decision and not worry if it’s the right or wrong decision.
The more we focus on all the little details and try to squeeze more out of every decision, the more we paralyze ourselves. Making no decision is only choosing to fail.
We are incapable of computing the thousands of dynamics that go into every decision we make and the massive fallout that every decision will have.
There is an idea known as the butterfly effect which is the concept that the world is profoundly related, such that one slight happening can impact a much larger system. The effect is named after an allegory for chaos theory; it evokes the idea that a small butterfly flapping its wings could, hypothetically, cause a cyclone. Imagine that but with all of your decisions.
We just need to make decisions and figure out the details as life happens. Don’t worry about the results of your choices; just do good, do honestly, and work hard.
As Kierkegaard once said, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”