Let us be honest with each other for a moment. Some of your best days started with a decision that would not survive five minutes of scrutiny.
Here is to those.
The Ones That Went Wrong And Were Still Worth It
The shortcut that added an hour. The jump that looked shorter from up there. The idea that everyone agreed to at the exact point in the evening when agreeing was easy.
None of them worked. All of them get retold at least once a year, and they get better every time.
Why Bad Decisions Age So Well
A good decision gives you a result. A bad one gives you a story, and a story keeps paying out for decades.
That is not an argument for being an idiot. It is an argument for being brave enough to occasionally look like one, because the alternative is a very tidy life that nobody asks you about.
The Rules Of A Respectable Bad Decision
There is a difference between a legend and a trip to a waiting room. The line is thinner than you think, so here it is.
- Nobody else gets hurt. Non negotiable.
- You are the one taking the risk, not the one volunteering somebody else.
- You can laugh about it the same evening. If you cannot, it was not a bad decision, it was just a mistake.
- Somebody is holding your beer. Always have a witness.
Stay inside those four and you can be as daft as you like.
Raise It Properly
To the shortcuts that were longer. To the jumps that were higher. To the friend who held the beer and did not talk you out of it.
Best decisions you ever made, honestly.
Written by I've Got This… Hold My Beer. Thanks for reading.