The Hill Before the Path Down

Some things are easier to change than others, that’s for sure. It’s easy to change the channel on TV or to change underwear. But when it comes to decisions in life, changes are much harder. We need more time and more energy to talk ourselves into change. At least I am like that. It takes me so much time to change something. Even buying something can take me weeks of thinking and ruminating. But on the other hand, when I make this kind of decision, everything else just goes smoothly. It feels like climbing up a hill: when you reach the top, there is a nice path down. I guess the saying that if you practice a behavior long enough, you become really good at it is very true. I think I practice deciding a bit too much. In most cases, just the question “What is the worst that can happen?” should be enough. The worst, I think, is that you die or become so poor that you die poor. But anything else is manageable. The reason I am writing about change is that I am thinking about leaving my…