1337: Pros, cons and gut feelings

Today we’re exploring why your intuition deserves a spot at the decision making table.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So this week on the daily pet, we are really doing a bit of a deep dive into decision making. And so far, we've spoken about how there is really no one right path or no one right decision. Why listen to yourself and being discerning about other people's opinions is really helpful, and how you get to make decisions for yourself even if nobody else gets them. And today, we're looking at the feeling part of it. I know for many of us, like I was saying yesterday, we wanna make smart decisions. And we tend to get stuck in the analysis stage and we want all the information. But I think there's a huge piece of information that so many of us overlook because maybe we don't think it's that rational.

And that's how we feel about something. I remember when I was deliberating, leaving a job that was absolutely sucking the soul out of me and was so bad for my mental health. And I remember having a pros and cons list. One of the pros for leaving was to save my mental health, and it is in that moment looking at it that I realised that not all pros and cons are weighted equally. And also not all decisions can be made by balancing the pros and cons and trying to figure out the sensible answer. In that situation, I simply had to leave even though it was fucking scary. It wasn't comfortable, and I spent so long deliberating. But I knew deep down and I'd known for a while that I had to leave.

Something was feeling off in my body. And as somebody who very much lives in my head and has had a tendency to completely ignore all the warning signs in my body, I just wrote it off as not that important or a reckless way to make decisions. But I don't think that could be further from the truth. I'm not so far on the other side of the scale that I believe in the whole leap and the net will appear because I think for some of us, that would be reckless. And I know for me that if I don't have some kind of plan or a strategy or some idea of what's gonna happen next, that just causes me even more stress. So I'm not saying let go of all of the rational thinking completely. I'm just saying let's see what would happen if we shifted the weight distribution even a little bit. Because a lot of the times when we really think we don't know and we're going back and forth or we're asking everybody and their pet cat what they would do, the chances are you do have some idea what you want.

And maybe it is just as simple as getting quiet and asking yourself or getting your journal out or maybe it's just seeing what's happening in your body. There's that fabulous saying that the body whispers before it screams And I know I have been so good in my life at ignoring the whisperings, but I do think we can grow that muscle where we're able to hear them sooner. But that starts with trying to intentionally tune in in the first place. So whether you've got a big decision to make right now, a little decision, or you are currently decisionless, just keep this in mind. Listening to yourself is not reckless. We all have a sense of intuition even if we can't quite put our finger on what it is or how to feel it. So be open to how it shows up for you. Here's to loving and working with that fabulous juicy brain of yours, but also remembering there are other things to factor in as well.

A pros and cons list can only take you so far, and it might sound really fucking cheesy, but I'm gonna say it. But your heart can probably take you much further. Here's to choosing yourself and I'll see you tomorrow.

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