CHAPTER 10
A RESOLVE TO LIVE WITHOUT WHATEVER
Kicking the Habit
Paralysis is an individual choice.
—CHRISTOPHER REEVE
All the decisions you ever made add up to where you are now. Today. If your current lot in life is not what you had hoped, maybe you said “whatever” a few too many times. Regrets might include decisions you made with the best information you had at the time. A more bitter regret might be the decision you never made by approaching that choice with a “whatever.” It’s time to move on.
As you consider never saying “whatever” again, your resolve should not be diminished by a pained sigh or “I am just not good at decision-making” response. That sigh is just another “whatever” in the form of resignation. As in, “I will try but whatever.” ...
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