One Apple A Day #925 - life as an experiment
What if we approach everything in life as an experiment?
An experiment is a test we do to learn something or to discover if something works or is true. You have an idea or a theory about something, and you check it out by experimenting.
The cool thing about experiments is that they produce a valuable outcome also when they fail because the goals are knowledge and understanding.
You experiment, learn something, and with that new knowledge, you design a new test. And so on.
Sometimes I get stuck before a choice. It happens anytime I see that choice as life-defining. When I think, "this is going to define my life from now on, so I must make the right choice."
Then, everything becomes heavy and, more often than not, whatever I decide, I'm not fully satisfied. There's always a part of me thinking, "what if?"
But if I look at things as experiments, then any choice is right because it will help me advance my understanding of myself and the world.
Plus, an experiment is not forever. It lasts until we have learned or discovered what we need. Then we can repeat, adjust, change it or even design a new one.
If you think of a choice you have to make, what would you do if you knew it is an experiment?