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hesitating is regretting

You won't know until you try.

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Ryoji Iwata

I started college off with the mindset of having everything planned out. Every single thing. I knew exactly what career path I wanted to take, what to stay away from and what to embrace, to not let anyone get too close to me, and to make sure I'm making others around me happy and carefree.

Unknowingly, I had started to slack off on these "plans." I broke the most important rule: to trust again.

Nonetheless, my inner humanity allowed me to accept the fact that trust is a basic right--rather than a gift or punishment. It is unfair of us to rid these rights of the people we let into our lives. It's just wrong.

Hesitation is normal, you're fine if you do. But it can get frustrating at times. To both yourself and other people. If there's something you've always wanted to do but you randomly decide to not do so because of a slight feeling of hesitation, you are perhaps making a decision you will regret sooner or later.

We often hesitate when we don't understand ourselves well enough. It's vital for us to grow, learn, and understand the differentiation between heart and mind when wanting something. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it gets to make a decision in any situation.

A prolonged hesitation is an extension of fear and doubt--instead, we should learn to turn these hesitations into clear answers by thinking things through and convincing yourself that the life you are living now will not be the same in a year, let alone tomorrow. Thus, it is important to rid ourselves of hesitation and make decisions. We won't know unless we try.

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