When we consider many of our decisions, it pays to ask how much of our consideration is due to a lack of humility.

The cliche of “keeping up with the Jones” always seems like something other people do, until we take a hard look at our own lives.

Why did we do that?
Why did we make that decision?
Why did we make that purchase?
Why do we care so much?

Every day, I must work extremely hard against my own writer ego. This is the common fragile ego of any writer who considers every word they write as something profound, who shudder at the thought of someone criticizing their work and who refuse to just let go and let people decide how to take it.

Then there’s the dreaded sunk-cost fallacy where stubbornness and ego work together to keep a person pinned in a bad situation.

Even worse is the thought of the grass being greener on the other side, which the ego loves more than anything as a way to convince us as to why we’ll never be happy.

A bit of humility can illuminate many of our decisions… and make them a whole lot easier.