The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice … Equally disquieting are the times when we do make a choice, only to later feel as though we have murdered some other aspect of our being by settling on one single concrete decision. By choosing Door Number Three, we fear we have killed off a different–but equally critical–piece of our soul that could only have been made manifest by walking through Door Number One or Door Number Two.
Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: a Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
