See the journey as part of the adventure - then you really get somewhere

There are those large projects in our life, like making career moves, purchasing properties or having children, that really push us out of the comfort zone and take some time in order to do them properly and evaluate all the options. For people like myself, who generally even without those have quite a high level of anxiety, these large decisions in life can be quite overwhelming. What is important then, is to break things down into small pieces, be patient and especially see the journey already as the first achievement rather than only focus on the goal.

Remember therefore, the journey to get you there is already an achievement. It will help you to enhance skills, to learn to collect experiences and to learn for the future. While it is good to not loose focus on the end goal, make sure you also appreciate the journey and don’t only get stressed about the outcome. The journey is what should not stress you, but see it as an adventure to go on that will hopefully get you as closed to the desired outcome as possible.

This will allow you to shift your mind from only seeing those big life decisions as stress and anxiety indicting, but rather to see them as your journey on a learning curve.

Further, a great network of support is key here as well . It is totally fine to ask other people’s opinion and advice when making big decisions and you want to make sure you feel reassured by people who’s opinion you really value and that can support you in any way.

Lastly, when those life decisions affect both yourself and your partner or family, make sure you go on that journey together. You don’t want to and have to go it all alone. It is a journey together with joint responsibility. You take the learnings together and you enjoy the success together. This will also lead to one person not feeling overwhelmed and assured to have the backing and support of the other.

Big life decisions are great - as it means the bf s are happening in our life and we are making moves. However, rather than seeing this as stress, we should enjoy the ride and see it as a learning curve to enhance our skills. The success will then turn out to be an even bigger reward for our efforts.