I have been having a lot of trouble making basic decisions in life lately… I think always. My brother Nick always has these annoying quotes that hit me like a rock. He doesn’t realize it but some of them have been in my mind for years.
I went down to Texas when I was 16 and at a party one of his friends told me about his experience with the military. He boasted about how the military was paying him to do nothing. He went on about his life, convincing me that maybe the military was a viable option. I went to my brother (he was piss drunk) and asked about his experience with the military. I told him that his friend was boasting about his life and what he had accomplished. Nick looked at me and said that “Everyone is trying to sell their life to you, don’t listen to them.”
He was absolutely right, name one person that is going to downplay where they are in life.
He says these things and after a few experiences you realize “Nick you were talking out of your ass but you were right.. you are such a sick but you are right.”
In a call with some of my siblings he said “Never say I will, I think, I should, think in the present.” I am going to eat a sandwich. I am not going to eat a sandwich. I will work out. You know never will. I need to brush my teeth… No. I am brushing my teeth.
Fucking bastard, he is right. I am going to take a motorcycle class. No motherfucker. Sign up for the damn class and be done with it. No uncertainty is needed.
Most the time, your initial want or need is correct. The more you ponder the idea, the more you hate yourself for doing so.
I learned this lesson a lot during traveling. The more you ponder which adventure to go on next, the more miserable you become. Just go with your gut the first time and don’t regret it.
I had this one instance when I was in Malaysia. I had left Maria, one of my many travel buddies. I stayed for a week in this random town because I had no idea what to do next. I was so indecisive that I flipped a coin to figure out which country I would go to next…. I went to Borneo and it was awesome. If I flipped tails I would have gone to Bali which I’m sure would have been dope as well. The sheer time it took to make that decision was insane. I spent a week in agony over what paradise I would go to next… Think in absolutes and your decision will never be wrong.
I’m out, going to go chill in the garage and have an ice cream sandwich.
ChiricoChronicles 