Life doesn’t post a “no U-turns” sign. You’re allowed to turn around once you see where the road goes.

Commitments feel permanent mostly because announcing a change is uncomfortable, not because anything is actually locked. A course, a program, a plan you told everyone about can be reversed at a cost usually smaller than continuing for years. What keeps people going straight is rarely the road. It is the audience they imagine watching.

If you have learned something that changes the answer, you are allowed to act on it. Tell one person first, the one least likely to argue. The first sentence out loud is the hardest part of turning.