A brave decision often feels terrible right before and fine about a week later.

The worst moment is almost always the one just before, when the decision is made but not yet done and your body is treating it like a threat. A week out, the same choice has turned into ordinary life, which is why the dread is such an unreliable guide to whether you should do it. Feelings are weather, not verdicts.

Try remembering the last hard thing you went through with, and how long it took to feel normal again. Hold on to that number. When the next decision has you sick on the morning of, treat the feeling as a timestamp rather than a warning.