Future you is watching this moment through a replay. Give them something good to watch.

How you behave right now becomes a memory you will be stuck with, and memory is where most self-judgment comes from. The version of you in five years cannot change what happens today but will have to carry it, which is a strange and useful way to weigh a decision. Very few choices look different when framed that way, but the ones that do tend to be the important ones.

Before the next thing you are unsure about, ask what you would want to remember having done. Not the most impressive option, the one that will sit well. Then make that the choice and let the rest go.