Decision anxiety is often fueled by a storm of "what if" questions about the future. This is your brain trying to protect you, but it often ends up trapping you in a cycle of fear and inaction.

The antidote is to gently guide your focus away from the imagined future and back to the tangible present. Instead of "What if I fail?", ask "What is the smallest, safest thing I can do right now to learn more?". This reframes the problem from a huge, scary unknown into a small, manageable task.

A Simple Technique:

1. Acknowledge the "what if." Don't fight it. "I hear you, brain. You're worried about X."
2. Define the worst-case scenario. What does "failure" actually look like? Often, it's less catastrophic than the vague anxiety suggests.
3. Identify a safe, reversible action. Find a tiny step that helps you gather data without significant risk.

By focusing on small, safe actions, you're not ignoring the "what ifs"—you're actively working to resolve them with real-world information instead of speculation.