Stay away from the ‘What if’ game
Psychologists call this phenomenon Counterfactual Thinking and it describes how we dwell on the outcomes of actions we didn’t actually take.
At a certain point, you need to trust you’ve put in the thought and work to make the right decision and just commit.
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