Roger Cunard

When you find yourself in doubt and you don’t know what to do, there are a few simple things that could help to bring clarity and bridge you to the next right decision:

• Drink a tall glass of water.
• Close your eyes and clear your mind.
• Sit still and breathe.
• Go for a short walk.

Pausing for these few moments may or may not bring you clarity you need, but it certainly won’t do any harm. If you need to take action, consider this reflection on indecision from Sylvia Plath in her 1963 novel about mental health and womanhood, The Bell Jar:

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.