There are many other good points in this thread but this one, on one-way vs. two-way decisions, pops for me.
I think many choices we make are confused for one when they are the other, and vice-versa.
Marriage is an example of a one-way door that many see as two-way.
You can only be “never married” once.
This is even more the case if kids are involved.
That ex of yours will always be the mother/father of your child – and you will be forever tied to them, in one way or another.
More time should be taken before walking through one-way doors like this.
Similarly, I think buying a house/car is an example of a two-way door that I often wrongly consider a one-way one.
I probably over-analyze income, job certainty, and everything else under the sun.
My assumption I am buying a house I will keep forever – or a car I will keep for a decade.
The reality is that I could simply get rid of either of these with little fanfare.
Less time should be taken before walking through two-way doors like this.
Made me rethink a lot of what I worry about…
I mean, why sweat it when you can just walk right back out?
