Comments on: Compromising http://idealistcafe.com/blog/lifestyle-design/compromising/ Idealist Cafe -- A Lifestyle Project ... Writing and sharing thoughts about adventure, health, sustainability, travel, technology, personal development, and inspired living Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:10:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harshad http://idealistcafe.com/blog/lifestyle-design/compromising/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Harshad Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:08:29 +0000 http://idealistcafe.com/wordpress/uncategorized/compromising/#comment-15 'How do we know when compromise is right and when it's wrong?'<br /><br />Richard, may be we won't be able to decide this ever. And sometimes I feel this is <i>the</i> compromise that life forces you to make.. :) 'How do we know when compromise is right and when it's wrong?'

Richard, may be we won't be able to decide this ever. And sometimes I feel this is the compromise that life forces you to make.. :)

]]> By: Russ http://idealistcafe.com/blog/lifestyle-design/compromising/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Russ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:28 +0000 http://idealistcafe.com/wordpress/uncategorized/compromising/#comment-16 Very valuable words Richard, thank you. Very valuable words Richard, thank you.

]]> By: Richard http://idealistcafe.com/blog/lifestyle-design/compromising/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Richard Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:33:39 +0000 http://idealistcafe.com/wordpress/uncategorized/compromising/#comment-17 I've recently become a believer in the "ten years ahead" rule (hmm, perhaps there is a blog post of my own in there ) in which I imagine looking back on my life ten years from now at the decisions that are open to me now. Would I regret, in retrospect, choosing the different path if I could have hung on to what I have in my life now. <br />If you feel as though you would regret not stepping out and seizing a little bit more life, then avoid that future self's disappointment and step out. <br /><br />I suppose that, like everything, life is never that simple. So much depends on the what ifs or the worst case scenarios that might manifest between now and then. But as a rule of thumb, if you would look back and value a creative and adventurous disaster more than a well managed and extended present, then (intellectually at least) your decision is made.<br /><br />However you decide, just make sure that you are really deciding what you want, and not simply rationalising that where you are is enough. I've recently become a believer in the "ten years ahead" rule (hmm, perhaps there is a blog post of my own in there ) in which I imagine looking back on my life ten years from now at the decisions that are open to me now. Would I regret, in retrospect, choosing the different path if I could have hung on to what I have in my life now.
If you feel as though you would regret not stepping out and seizing a little bit more life, then avoid that future self's disappointment and step out.

I suppose that, like everything, life is never that simple. So much depends on the what ifs or the worst case scenarios that might manifest between now and then. But as a rule of thumb, if you would look back and value a creative and adventurous disaster more than a well managed and extended present, then (intellectually at least) your decision is made.

However you decide, just make sure that you are really deciding what you want, and not simply rationalising that where you are is enough.

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