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goobster · 2956 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski: How Do You Make Yourself Do Uncomfortable, Unfamiliar, or Intimidating Things?
For me, the anxiety came from believing decisions were binary: Right/Wrong. (Which is a very American way of looking at things.) After living overseas for a number of years, I learned from other cultures that even the most black and white decisions are actually shades of grey, and the "right" decision is a post hoc determination. All choices are equal until you make one. Then you deal with the results of that decision. Once you get to this way of thinking, no decision is Wrong. What you do afterwards makes the decision either right or wrong... or some shade in between. So it becomes MUCH easier to make decisions to do anything.