Smash Those Rose-Colored Glasses With A Sledge Hammer

Some decisions have to weighed carefully. Lists need to be created. On one sheet of paper all the repercussions of the decision have to be written down, the positives and the negatives...whether real or imagine, expected or projected.

No one wants to make decisions that will lead to regret. That's a no-brainer.

However, there are those who say the only decisions you end up regretting are those you don't make, which is, well, BS.

Because it's easy to say you regret not making a specific decision when you do not have any negative results of that decision to rue. 

That person you should have asked out on a date but didn't and now you kick yourself because you think they might have been the one? Yeah, that person could also have been the worst thing that ever happened to you.

No, the decisions you don't make do not get a seat at the table when it comes to pondering actually making a decision. Only the choices and chances that were actually taken get to partake in this debate.

Which doesn't make the process any easier, but it keeps it real.

Have to keep it real, have to ensure the evidence is not imaginary.

Wishful thinking only clouds the process.

So, when it comes to decisions with weight - and by weight I mean the weight of Aircraft Carrier anchor chains, it is wise to view the positives and negatives as objectively as possible.

If being objective is possible, that is.

Damn, I'm going to need more paper.