Choosing a Route from a Room Where You’re Alone

Scenes

• When I’m alone at my lodging, I can’t decide anything — I opened the map to choose where to go tomorrow, but I’ve been staring at the same screen for a long time without even choosing a restaurant.
• I’m afraid the wrong choice will ruin the trip — Actually, I keep comparing because I’m more afraid of regretting a choice I made alone later than of choosing the better place.
• My hand stopped between two restaurants — Sitting on the bed, I saw that one place had a higher rating and the other was closer, but I still couldn’t press the reservation button.
• In unfamiliar places, every choice feels more costly — When information is limited and you try to find only the best option, each choice can seem to carry more to lose. So you start looking for an answer you won’t regret, instead of what you need right now.
• Start with the route you can change tomorrow — Before choosing between the two places, write one line about what you need now and one about what you can change tomorrow. You may notice which way your heart leans first.
• A choice you can come back from, rather than a perfect choice — You don’t have to find the perfect answer from the start. On an unfamiliar path, a choice you can come back from leaves room to look at what comes next.