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And the truth is, most of us aren’t struggling with bad decisions. We’re struggling with trusting the ones we’ve already made.

Think about it. You did the work. You prayed about it. You thought it through. You considered the people it would affect. And then you chose. That wasn’t reckless — that was courageous. But courage doesn’t always feel like courage in the quiet moments afterward. Sometimes courage feels like anxiety wearing a different outfit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Self-trust is the first secret of success.”

And he was right. Not because trusting yourself means you’ll never make a mistake — you will. But because trusting yourself means you believe you are capable of navigating whatever comes next, even if “next” looks different than what you planned.

If all we do is keep going back on ourselves, where is the room for moving forward? There isn’t any. You can’t walk into a new season if your feet keep dragging you back to the last one. At some point — and that point is now — you have to learn to stand up for your decisions with yourself. Not with your critics. Not with the people who don’t understand your journey. With yourself.

Because you are the one who has to live with the choices you make. And you are the one who gets to build something beautiful from them.

So let me ask you this: What decision have you been second-guessing that you already know, deep down, was the right call?

The K.I.S.S. ~ Trust the decision you already made!

Because if you don’t, where will you end up? Really! Think about where you would end up if you got caught in the loop. So what does it look like in real life to trust the decision and yourself?

1. Name the decision and release the replay. Write down the decision you’ve been going back and forth on. Then write one sentence about why you made it. When the mental replay starts, read that sentence out loud. You made it for a reason — remind yourself of that reason instead of rehearsing the doubt.
2. Give yourself a 24-hour rule before revisiting any decision. Not every second thought deserves a seat at the table. Before you reopen something you’ve already settled, wait 24 hours. If the concern is still pressing after a full day, address it. If it faded, it was just fear talking — and fear doesn’t get the final word.
3. Speak to yourself the way you’d speak to someone you love. If your best friend came to you and said, “I made this decision, but I don’t know if it was right,” you wouldn’t tear them apart. You’d encourage them. You’d remind them of their strength. Do that for yourself. You deserve the same grace you give everyone else.

You were not designed to live in a loop. You were not created to make a decision and then spend the rest of your week — or your month, or your year — wondering if you should have chosen differently. That loop isn’t wisdom. It’s a trap. And it will keep you standing in the same spot while the life you’re building waits for you to show up.

The decisions you’ve made brought you here. Right here. And “here” is not a dead end — it’s a starting line. But you’ll never see it that way if you keep turning around to stare at the road behind you.

So today, I want you to do something that might feel uncomfortable but is absolutely necessary: I want you to take your own side. Not because you’re perfect. Not because every call you’ve ever made was flawless. But because you are someone worth believing in. And the moment you start believing that — truly believing it — is the moment everything begins to shift.

Stop going back. Start standing up. The decision has been made. Now trust the person who made it. YOU!!!

“Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!“