Wise Words? Regret vs. Hope
It's that time again I once again find myself at a crossroads, which itself lies at the end of a very long road, and it would be a lie to say that the journey here has not left me exhausted and drained. Fatigue has always been one of the hardest thing for me to feel when making decisions. It swarms together and seems to amplify the presence of regrets in my mind, making all roads appear thorny and treacherous. When I've asked for advice on large life decisions before, one of the most common things to hear is "trust your gut." This is good if nebulous advice; it can still be unhelpful to people who are in deep internal conflict. So if for nothing more than my own benefit, I want to examine what I consider to be the conflicting cocktail of emotional realities at the core of our "gut" feelings. If you ask me, the two factors at play here are what we "can" versus what we "should" do. There are only certain things we "can" do. For ...