All the thinking I did was really debilitating and unproductive. The one thing I have learned is that you can’t think your way through life. The only… - Meg Jay

The one thing I have learned is that you can’t think your way through life. The only way to figure out what to do is to do — something.

The one thing I have learned is that you can't think your way through life. The only way to figure out what to do is to do - something.

Society is structured to distract people from the decisions that have a huge impact on happiness in order to focus attention on the decisions that have a marginal impact on happiness.

We think that by avoiding decisions now, we keep all of our options open for later. But not making choices is a choice all the same.

There is a certain terror that goes along with saying “My life is up to me.” It is scary to realize there’s no magic, you can’t just wait around, no one can really rescue you, and you have to do something. Not knowing what you want to do with your life — or not at least having some ideas about what to do next — is a defense against that terror. It is a resistance to admitting that the possibilities are not endless. It is a way of pretending that now doesn’t matter. Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge. Rather than take charge,