E054 Permission & Possibility: What If You Make the Wrong Decision? How Much Can You Really Know Before You Start?

From The GA Wellness Podcast With Georgia Ann · 29:15

Show by Georgia Ann Arharidis

Send us Fan MailHave you ever wanted something to change but found yourself stuck on one question: What if I make the wrong decision? Maybe you’ve researched it, asked questions and still aren’t sure whether you’ve checked enough. How much can you really know before you start?This fourth Permission & Possibility episode challenges you to work out what you can find out now and what you may only learn once you start. We look at changing jobs, going back to study, buying something for yourself and trying something new. If your current time, energy or responsibilities affect what feels manageable, the free Season Mapping Quiz can help you look at what you have available right now.E054 Permission & Possibility: What If You Make the Wrong Decision? How Much Can You Really Know Before You Start?The familiar option can feel easier because you already know what it looks like. A new job, course or experience can come with more unknowns, even after you have done your research. That can make the new option harder to choose, even when it might suit you better.📋 What we covered:• How a new job can look right on paper but feel different once you are doing it day to day• Why course hours and requirements are only part of the picture when study also has to fit around work and family• How buying a new phone showed me that what you need now can change as your life changes• What our first cruise taught me about what research can prepare you for and what you can only learn once you are there• How Kids Club and seasickness showed that other people’s experiences cannot predict exactly how something will feel for you• Why an option can feel easier to choose simply because you know more about it• Why some decisions need more research when they cost more, affect other people or are hard to undo• Two questions to help you work out what you still need to check and what you may only learn by trying🧭 Season Mapping Quiz:If you are trying to work out whether something will fit around your work, family, health or other responsibilities, the free Season Mapping Quiz can help you look at the time, energy and capacity you have available right now.👉 https://tr.ee/JCoEtP🌿 C.A.L.M Pathway:Connect is the first part of the C.A.L.M Pathway. In this episode, that means catching yourself when you think, “I need to know this will work first” or “I need to know how this is going to turn out.” Then you can check whether there is anything else you can research, or whether the only way to know is to try it.If you keep going back for one more search or comparison before you decide what to do, that is where the deeper work within the C.A.L.M Pathway comes in.If you would like to talk to me about the C.A.L.M Pathway, email me at [email protected].🌟 Key takeaways:• Research can help you make a sensible decision, but it can’t tell you exactly how the experience will feel• A job, course or trip can look one way on paper and feel different once it becomes part of your daily life• The option you know more about can feel safer • Some answers only become available once you have tried something and seen how it works for you• Learning that you would do something differently next time does not automatically mean the first decision was wrong📩 Tell me what you found:Think about the decision you have been turning over in your head.Ask yourself:What do I actually need to know before I take the next step? What am I expecting myself to know before I have had the experience? Then choose one thing you can find out or do now.Email me at [email protected] and tell me:• What decision were you looking at?• What could you find out now?• Was there something you realised you could only know by trying it?• What did you decide to do next?🔁 Episodes referenced in this episode:E051 Permission & Possibility: What Have You Already Decided Isn’t Possible? When Did You Last Look at What It Would Actually Take?E052 Permission & Possibility: Who Told You That’s How It’s Supposed to Be? Do You Still Agree?E053 Permission & Possibility: How Long Have You Been Saying “Later”? What Is Staying the Same Costing You?E025–E027 Grounded & Growing Arc🎧 Related listening:E040 Switched On & Stretched: Feeling Pulled in Ten Different Directions? Why Your Nervous System Needs a Clear Next StepE050 Rest & Return: What Happens to Your Progress When You Take a Break?The first three Permission & Possibility episodes helped you look at what you had ruled out, where some of your rules came from and what staying the same might be costing you. This week, we look at what happens when you have done the research but there are still things you will not know until you start. You’ll leave knowing what you can check now, what may only become clear once you are doing it and what you can do next.📱 Let’s Connect All links, resources and ways to connect are here https://linktr.ee/GAWellness🔔 If this episode spoke to you, lovely, please:Follow the podcast.Leave a quick review (it truly…

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