Just Make a Good Decision…and Move On

As I ran down the trail Sat­ur­day evening on South Moun­tain out­side of Phoenix, Ari­zona, I was struck by how trail run­ning resem­bles life. In par­tic­u­lar, it was hav­ing to quickly choose where to place my foot in a split sec­ond as I danced down the rocky path and by cliffs that made me think this. As I passed over over sharp rocks and found a safer land­ing spot, I remem­bered what my life coach had explained to me the week before. “You don’t have to make the best deci­sion, just a good deci­sion.” She was remind­ing me that there are many times dur­ing the day when all that is needed is a good choice. Too often I get hung up on try­ing to make the best decision.

If I took my time try­ing to find the very best spot for my foot to land on the trail I would end up crash­ing to the ground. All I needed was to quickly spot a good spot to land. Not the safest spot, just a good one. A rel­a­tively flat part of the ground with no sharp rocks present. I quite enjoyed the quick pace that I descended the moun­tain in, mak­ing good deci­sions on where to place my foot in a split sec­ond, then mov­ing right along to make another good deci­sion. No time to weigh the odds or make a cal­cu­lated deci­sion. That wasn’t nec­es­sary. As I sped along I real­ized I have an innate sense of where to step and am capa­ble of descend­ing safely rel­a­tively quickly. I just needed to trust that I would make a good deci­sion in a flash. It’s inter­est­ing how when you trust that you can do some­thing, you can.

This is often the case in life, too. I find myself mov­ing more smoothly with less hes­i­ta­tion dur­ing my day off the trail as well when I remind myself that a good deci­sion is all that’s needed. You don’t have to make the best deci­sion at every junc­ture. Keep mov­ing and learn­ing as you go. On the trail and in life.

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