Deciding to do it is the hardest part of doing anything.

When I was around sixteen, my dad got on his soapbox and told me some things about the power of making decisions.

He told me the hardest part of doing anything was making the decision to do it. After that, you just had to show up and do the thing. On the surface, this doesn’t entirely make sense. A decision can be made in a moment, but the effort of doing the thing can take years, depending on the thing.

If I look at it a different way though, it makes total sense.

I can use an easy decision as an example. Say I decide that I want a cup of tea. Once the decision is made, action follows. I’ll naturally get off the couch and go put the kettle on, because the decision is made - there will be tea.

If I am struggling to get off the couch, then the decision hasn’t yet been made. Tea a thing that I want that I haven’t fully committed to yet.

This is where decisions can get challenging.

What if I’m deciding to do something big, or outside of my comfort zone? What if I’m deciding to do something that I’m not sure I can do, or that I don’t know how to do, like setting out on an adventure or living a life according to my own inner compass or building a sustainable house or a business or being wildly successful? What if I have no evidence yet that it’s possible?

That’s where developing self trust is a super power. If I know that no matter what happens, I’ll work it out, it’s easier to make the decision. If I trust deep in my bones that I’ve got this, then it’s easier to make the decision. If I trust myself to find a way, then it’s easier to make the decision. Even if it feels too big, or outside my comfort zone, or I have no idea how I’m going to do the thing.

I know that I’ll handle it, and I know it's going to happen.

Decisions are like magic spells - we’re deciding how the world will be. There will be tea. I will have a business. My life is an adventure. I am worthy of my desires. My dream will be made real.

Sometimes making the decision does take time - specially the big ones. We need to be a little delusional and believe in impossible things before we have the evidence to prove that it IS possible, catching the doubt and coming back to the decision over and over again.

It’s not easy, but it’s possible. The Queen in Alice in Wonderland had it right - it’s a practice, and it’s possible.

My dad also told me that every decision I make is the right one, and the same is true for you.

What would you decide to do, if you fully trusted yourself, and you knew it was the right decision to make?

Helping people empower themselves to make decisions that the things they want are theirs is a big part of what I do with my clients. If you’re curious to see what’s possible for you when you decide… send me a message.