How Strategic Pauses Improve Decisions in Life Transitions
Psychology Today | 20.12.2025 01:14
We all face moments when a decision feels urgent, consequential, and emotionally charged. Career moves, relocations, retirement, relationship changes, or caregiving transitions often come with pressure to act quickly, even when the stakes are high, and the path forward is unclear. In these moments, the quality of our decision-making depends less on intelligence or information and more on whether we create space to think clearly.