Most people take 5-6 years to make a decision they already know they want to make
That big decision you want to make?
Unmade. Because: People. Places. Money. Time.. "I’ll do X when I have Y."
Maybe seem like good reasons.
But the decision you already know you want to make will take you 6 years to make it.
6 more years not doing the thing you said you wanted to do.
This week, you won’t regret it. But longer than that?
Studies show in an average week people regret actions they took at 53% - and inaction at 47%.
Short term, It's about even.
But when people look back over their whole lives, regrets of inaction outnumber regrets of action 84% to 16%.
84%
That's nearly everybody. Not acting on the thing they wanted to do. A planet full of regret.
The Status Quo Bias study showed most people stick with the current state even when alternatives are objectively better.
The crazy part? That BIG life decision is rarely a permanent one. If you wanted, you could easily return to the life you have today.
People's most enduring regrets come from the gap between their actual and ideal selves — and "the failure to be your ideal self is usually an inaction".
It’s not what you did that causes regret, it’s always what you didn’t.
The world used to give you time to figure this out. It doesn’t anymore.
There's something that you want to do. You might not know how. That's ok. You can learn.
Break it down.