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">I’m not saying you shouldn’t think things through.But maybe getting it right is the wrong thing to focus on.Because maybe making the right call doesn’t even really matter in the end.Maybe the person you fell in love with morphs into a stranger you despise. Maybe the idea of “happily ever after” becomes more physically, emotionally, and financially taxing than Richard Curtis rom-coms led you to believe.Maybe that passion you dedicated an entire decade of your life doesn’t do it for you anymore. Maybe the distant pasture that looks so green is a nuclear waste dump site where the local Amish community hosts their secret monthly orgies.And maybe you wouldn’t be where you are now if you never woke up naked in a field next to Zechariah.Who knows?The point is you don’t have to get it right all the time.</

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p>And even if and when you think you’ve made the right decision, you never know what lies further ahead on the path you’ve chosen. (Cue the streaking Amish farmer)Because if you zoom out enough, you realize life isn't a straight line. It’s not even a winding trail or some other cliche metaphor for clueless wandering.It’s a shape you can’t imagine. That would break your brain if you tried. A shape you can only understand by walking along its edges and falling down the sides and cutting your ankles on the corners.On the upside, it’s a shape that’s uniquely yours.A shape that keeps unfolding, whether you make the right or wrong decision.Because in the end, right and wrong are just two sides to a coin you’ll inevitably have to spend.You’re not overthinking. You just haven’t lived enough.</article></body>

This goes out to the overthinkers.

Everyone gets taught to “think before you act.”

I don’t know if that’s good or bad advice. But after 32 years of hemming and hawing my way through life, I know this:

Whatever decision you make, there’s a good chance you won’t get it right the first time.

Or the second time. Or even the 32nd time.

But these days we’re so focused on oPTiMiZiNg for happiness and avoiding “fatal mistakes” that we don’t give ourselves the chance to actually live.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t think things through.

But maybe getting it right is the wrong thing to focus on.

Because maybe making the right call doesn’t even really matter in the end.

Maybe the person you fell in love with morphs into a stranger you despise. Maybe the idea of “happily ever after” becomes more physically, emotionally, and financially taxing than Richard Curtis rom-coms led you to believe.

Maybe that passion you dedicated an entire decade of your life doesn’t do it for you anymore. Maybe the distant pasture that looks so green is a nuclear waste dump site where the local Amish community hosts their secret monthly orgies.

And maybe you wouldn’t be where you are now if you never woke up naked in a field next to Zechariah.

Who knows?

The point is you don’t have to get it right all the time.

And even if and when you think you’ve made the right decision, you never know what lies further ahead on the path you’ve chosen. (Cue the streaking Amish farmer)

Because if you zoom out enough, you realize life isn't a straight line. It’s not even a winding trail or some other cliche metaphor for clueless wandering.

It’s a shape you can’t imagine. That would break your brain if you tried. A shape you can only understand by walking along its edges and falling down the sides and cutting your ankles on the corners.

On the upside, it’s a shape that’s uniquely yours.

A shape that keeps unfolding, whether you make the right or wrong decision.

Because in the end, right and wrong are just two sides to a coin you’ll inevitably have to spend.

You’re not overthinking. You just haven’t lived enough.