Making a important decision

[Serena1977]

I have an important decision to make and there are 3 options.
I have thought long and hard, sought the advice of various people, spoke to dh, wrote pros and cons, researched and more research.

I am still finding it difficult to reach a decision because each option has pros and cons
But I am gravitating towards one of the options for no particular reason except a feeling and keep returning to the same option.

So my question is: When making a big decision, how much weight do you give to a feeling in your bones? Does it add to the process or muddy the waters? Do I listen to what is just a feeling and pull towards this option when there is no tangible or obvious reason over the other two options?

Thank you

Ps it's for 3 different higher education courses.

I would go with your gut feeling if there's nothing else to sway your decision. That particular course is obviously attracting you for a good reason.

I think that quite often gut feeling is your unconscious mind prodding you about an important thing that your conscious mind hasn't yet verbalised.

Have you tried 'suppose you were told that course was no longer running, how would you feel'? Do it for each of the 3. With any luck for 2 of them you feel relieved you don't need to make the decision, and the third you'll feel disappointed.

Yes I would factor in my gut feeling. That's what it's there for!

Good luck!

I agree with PPs, go with a feeling.
Advice I was given once when trying to make a decision, weighing pros and cons, was "if it's not a yes then it's a no."
For me that means even making lists of pros and cons, talking it through repeatedly, these are actually me saying "maybe" to those options. But "maybe", or worse "I should", is not "yes". And if it's not yes then it's no.

The feeling however, sounds like yes.
Good luck

Excellent advice, thank you all.

Bump for the evening crowd too!

I’m not at all woooo but every time I’ve had a particular feeling about something and I’ve ignored it, I’ve regretted it.