Sometimes, we make decisions in life that we immediately (or shortly after) turn around and say to ourselves, "I don't actually want to do that!" These situations are even more frustrating when the simplest solution (in this case, to reverse the decision) would also have a negative impact on personal integrity.
Stripping my inward self of nearly all its temperance, I pined for options, alternatives. Finding nothing more than further excuses to fuel my incensing, a heroic question was asked: "[On a scale of 1-10] how much of an impact is this decision really going to have on your life?" LIBERATION! That was just what I needed to hear.
Recalled to mind was a lesson received, but not yet learned, from Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek: Rate events or circumstances on a scale of 1-10 based on permanence, then re-evaluate within that new perspective. It worked perfectly! The powerful fire I had stoked within had instantly been cooled to nothing more than a few, softly glowing embers and then to little more than a memory of the inferno that had raged just moments before.
Now, while I still may not be happy about my decision, the decision won't make me unhappy; the permanence of the choice is, at most, a 2 or a 3 and there is no need to fret about it. :)
I love it when I can witness the truth and strength of simple principles unfolding before my eyes.
