Simone Stolzoff

But on the other hand, it really threw me for this existential loop.

Maybe some of our listeners have been in a similar place where they sort of see two paths diverging.

And there was Simone the journalist on one path and Simone the designer on another path.

And as I was trying to make up my mind, I was completely insufferable.

I talked about it with everyone I knew, my Uber driver, my yoga teacher, anyone who would listen.

I tried to get their opinion.

And I ultimately took the job at the design firm.

But I think thinking back to that moment.

The problem, the source of my angst and anxiety was I was looking for certainty where there was no certainty to be found.

I was trying to find the right job before I had actually done either of the jobs.

And that sort of began my multi-year exploration in this topic of how we can get better at what we don't know.

Yeah, I think so many of us have these decision point moments in our lives, these forking paths.

And often we think that if we just bang our head against the wall at the right angle, then clarity will emerge, that there is one right decision to be made.

But I think what makes a hard decision hard is that neither option is better than the other one overall.

If that were the case, it would be an easy decision.

But with hard decisions, often there are trade-offs.

So for example, the design job paid more money.

The journalism job felt more in line with my passion.

The design job was based in my hometown of San Francisco.

The journalism job was based in New York City.