Comments on: When Making Decisions is Tough

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:33:24 +0000

In reply to Alice Genoh. The problem is when all the tricks fail to work. lol

By: Alice Genoh

Alice Genoh — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:39:25 +0000

I’ve heard somewhere about taking decision, Always take 80% of the decision the first time they come up in your mind. If it fails, then take another decision, again quickly. If that too fails, you’re in the wrong place anyway! Seems familiar.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:41:57 +0000

In reply to Kindra. It will be interesting to see what's waiting there. I'm not used to this type of situation, really. Usually the answer is clear pretty quickly, and peace returns once the decision has been made. This is an interesting internal battle.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:40:52 +0000

In reply to Gina - Our Global Adventure. I told Tigger with all this pushing to go to Mexico, there better be something AMAZING waiting for me there. lol

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:40:09 +0000

In reply to Marta. I hope it as well. Right now I'm still not happy about this decision, but at least I'm not having the stress of going back and forth and challenging it.

By: Marta

Marta — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:14:11 +0000

Reading your post gave the chills, as it reminded me very closely when I had to make a similar decision: staying was my heart’s choice, going was the rational one.

I tried to empty my mind and let the decision take shape by itself but it didn’t: I ended up going and then moving again few months later, to a third place!

At the start I thought I had made the wrong choice, but ‘wrong’ is not the word: I had to go to figure out why my heart was so against going, if that makes sense, and once I had that pinned down I was able to make clearer choices. In the end, that move was the best thing I could have ever done.

I do hope your heart is proven wrong and Mexico makes a great home:I guess the most important thing is to give it a chance – when the next decision comes, you might not want to leave it either 😉

By: Gina - Our Global Adventure

Gina - Our Global Adventure — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:05:22 +0000

Oh dear! I had to chuckle about your internal wrestling about where you should settle for a little while. I can completely relate, having spent 18 months selling everything that we own to travel I am almost fearful of settling anywhere now in case it is hard to ‘escape’ again. But I think Tigger is right. You aren’t stuck anywhere. Travel changes us all, and once you’ve transitioned to a new life that prioritises travel with your family, you will probably always live in a way that makes it possible to make a change of scenery when your heart tells you it’s time to move on again. Roll with it. Sometimes everything points us in a direction for a reason, you never know what it is that you are meant to learn from it all.

By: Kindra

Kindra — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 03:15:58 +0000

I initially use many of the steps you outlined. But, when that still leaves me in a quandary, most often I have just wrestled and wrestled with it until I slowly start to feel more at peace about one option (even when it is not the option I feel I want!). It is a long exhausting process, though. Luckily, I have had the time, in those few instances.

I hope you eventually understand why you end up in Mexico at this time! Good luck!

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:18:28 +0000

In reply to Babs.

Hi Babs,

We really enjoy Mexico. I’ve been all over the state, but with my son we’ve only been in the Yucatan. Coincidentally, we’re moving to SMA to start with to see if that will be our long-term base. So perhaps we’ll get to meet you there.

By: Babs

Babs — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:23:16 +0000

I liked your method of making decisions. I always list the pros and cons. I decided 15 years ago to move to Mexico after having done business in the country starting in 1974 in
several capacities.

I moved to San Miguel, even though I had never spent much time in that village. It was a
good decision and one I’ve never regretted.

Wherever you are moving, hopefully you and your son will have the same welcoming and open arms acceptance that I have had over these years.

So many wonderful lessons learned from the kindness and generosity of the people of Mexico.

I write a blog about living in Mexico, if you have any interest.

Buen suerte’

Barbara