You know that little voice that tells you something isn’t right in a situation? Or that weird feeling you have when you know something sketchy is going on but you can’t necessarily prove it? That’s your intuition. I have learned over and over, that this is not a feeling you should ignore or blow off, and 99.9 percent of the time it’s right. Your intuition is that “gut feeling” that you always have that’s telling you yes or no or if something is good or bad. Sometimes this feeling is unclear and misguiding, but a lot of times, it is exactly what you need to listen to. Whenever I am unsure about something, the first thing I turn to is telling my friends or my family the situation and then receive their advice. Of course these people are going to give you the most helpful advice they can, and they are going to give you that based on what they believe is in your best interest and what they believe is best for you. These opinions are important and definitely should be considered, but one thing I have a habit of doing is choosing to take their advice and completely disregarding my intuition. You have to trust that you know yourself better than anyone else, and a lot of times the feelings that you have cannot correctly be communicated with other people and they can’t tell exactly what you want or feel.
Ignoring your gut feeling is easy to do, especially when it isn’t something that you want to believe, like that something bad has happened or a bad feeling about someone. But trusting yourself isn’t something you should ignore. It is extremely difficult to not listen to the people who mean the most to you when they’re telling you what they think it best for you, but a part of you will always wonder what happened if you listen to them and not yourself. So, it’s OK to listen to your intuition. It’s OK to do what you believe is best for you, rather than what you believe everyone thinks you should do. Recently, I was faced with a really big decision and I looked to other people and their opinions on what I should do, but even once I heard what they had to say and thought about doing what they said, something felt off. I had a feeling deep down that it isn’t what I wanted, but I thought to myself they know best, right? And then people were giving me their opinions on the matter without me even asking, and that was when I realized I know what I want, but it isn’t what these people are telling me, it’s what I’m telling myself. So I stopped looking for other people to tell me what to do, and I listened to what I knew I wanted deep down, I just wasn’t sure if it was the best decision. That’s when I said to myself, “I have to trust myself.” So, I did what my gut was telling me, and I took the leap of faith and trusted myself, which I believe will always be the right decision.
