Changing of the Tides

"You won't make your decisions easier just by putting them off until later. When a decision is called for, go ahead and make it.  If you keep your options open for too long, those options will no longer be available to you. Choose one option based on your best information, and go with it.  Give sufficient thought and consideration to your decisions, but don't drag them on endlessly. The sooner you get started implementing a decision, the more effective you'll be.  Accept the fact that you won't make a perfect decision every time. And remember that you'll have opportunities to adjust your approach if things don't work out the way you planned.  You cannot predict the future yet there is much you can do to intelligently and effectively prepare for it. Instead of agonizing over what might or might not happen, get busy creating value that will be there no matter what happens.  Go ahead and decide. The sooner you decide, the more time and energy you'll have to make the decision work out the way you intended."

-- Ralph Marston

I came across this quote in an email reminding me to apply for grad school before the cutoff date.  I think it is a great quote that can be applied to so many different areas of your life.  While change can be scary, sometimes change is exactly what's needed...and while it can be scary, that's what makes life so exciting!  I'm not saying I'm a huge proponent of making gigantic life decisions on a whim...these things should be thought through and options examined but once you feel that it's the right decision, you should start making plans and arrangements to get the change under way.  I am definitely feeling convicted by the quote because there are a few things going on in my life right now where I have been sitting on the fence, not making a huge move either way.  Now is the time to make those decisions and move full steam ahead.  Oh, and if you're afraid of failure when you're making a change - don't be.  Failure is just an opportunity looking to be turned on its head into success.  What you see as failure can actually be the road to a new adventure.  I'll keep you up to date as my decisions, and the changes that come with those decisions, unfold.  Join me?  Make a change!