History has no shortage of examples of people who did things mostly right and had awful outcomes; contentedness and success aren’t always highly correlated to choice. The disconnect between good decisions and good outcomes is an existential one I think, and fuel for despondency and nihilism.
Thing is, there is no alternative. We can either show up as best as we’re able, thoughtfully making decisions—which may at least have some probability of success—or not (which will have 0 chance). If we choose the latter, we’re always have a lingering doubt; what if I had tried?
We’re going to be here anyway. We’re going to be making choices anyway. Tying success to choice (something I’m still working on) instead of outcome short circuits the fear.
History has no shortage of examples of people who did things mostly right and had awful outcomes; contentedness and success aren’t always highly correlated to choice. The disconnect between good decisions and good outcomes is an existential one I think, and fuel for despondency and nihilism.
Thing is, there is no alternative. We can either show up as best as we’re able, thoughtfully making decisions—which may at least have some probability of success—or not (which will have 0 chance). If we choose the latter, we’re always have a lingering doubt; what if I had tried?
We’re going to be here anyway. We’re going to be making choices anyway. Tying success to choice (something I’m still working on) instead of outcome short circuits the fear.