Welcome to My Brain

Making choices is hard. Sitting at a fork in the road in life, we try to see down each path as far as possible so we make the ‘right’ choice.

So what do we do if we can’t see down either path?

Change is hard. It’s scary. The unknown frightens us — it fires up an evolutionary flame within us that causes anxiety and fear. It’s designed to keep us alive. The choices of primitive man were: go into the cave to look for food but you might be mauled by a bear; look for food elsewhere but you might not find any and starve.

In reality, the cave might have food and no bear. Or somewhere there might be lots of food but the bear is waiting.

I’m personally dealing with this right now. I’m at a crossroads, looking at my choices. Agonizing over them. Playing “what ifs” in my head over and over like bad reruns on a TV channel with a lack of programming. It wakes me up in the middle of the night. Consumes my brain at the grocery story. What if…what if…

Albert Camus said “Life is the sum of all your choices.” Every step we take in life, from getting out of bed to staying in bed, forms our path.

Regardless, the choice you make is up to you. Take the moment or day to think about it but act. The only “bad” choice is to not act at all.

Make the choice. Move on to the next one. That’s living.

September 3, 2025