Yerrah, Fuck it

At the start of this year, I made several promises to myself. I wouldn't exactly term them resolutions as it seemed more of philosophical change in my approach to life than anything else. I would do my best to be optimistic, to take some risks, and in general stop waiting for interesting things to happen and instead to go and make them happen.

So far, it seems to be working. The last 2.53 weeks (I like being precise) have been very interesting indeed. Nothing has changed in my situation in that time, but things just seem a whole lot better. Even the plans and plots and schemes that didn't work out have given me a renewed sense of optimism. This isn't the sort of fake optimism I was forcing upon myself earlier, but genuine optimism that life is getting good again.

The one thing that has contributed a lot to this change has been me changing the way I approach decisions. I'm a thinker and many times in my personal life I over think things. I'm trying to replace that with a balance of thinking for a while and then going "Yerrah, fuck it" and just doing whatever feels right. Despite being male, I seem to have developed a pretty good intuition for all sorts of things. While I haven't done detailed statistical analysis on it (yet), I do think that when I follow my gut instinct, even if things don't work out the way I like, I'll feel much better as a result. There are so many times in my past where I wish now I could go back and give my past self a giant kick in the behind and just say "Go for it. Like, do you really have that much to lose?"

This is so much more true in love, where even though there can be pain and humiliation, that is only temporary and can usually be solved by a good night(s) out with friends. The pay-offs though are huge when it goes right. Therefore, in gambling parlance, taking those risks are a good bet as you have positive expectation. You may get burned, but the good more than makes up for it. This is essentially a fancy way of saying "Tis better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all". Crucially, it is expressed in mathematical terminology and so is better.

So the next time you are faced with a tough decision that seems to have no logical resolution, just say the magic words "Yerrah, fuck it" and go with you gut. You'll be happier for it.

P.S. I couldn't exactly find a suitable image to express these abstract ideas. Sorry.