You're driving somewhere and you miss the turn.
Your GPS doesn't say: “That was a terrible decision. The journey is ruined.”
It simply says: “Recalculating.”
It looks at where you are now and works out another route.
We're often much harsher with ourselves.
We choose something. We learn more. Maybe it isn't what we expected.
And immediately we think: “I made the wrong choice.”
Perhaps.
But perhaps you also have information now that you didn't have when you started.
Changing direction after learning something is not always evidence that the earlier decision was a mistake.
Sometimes it is evidence that you are paying attention.
So if something you chose no longer feels right, the question may not be:
“Why did I get this wrong?”
It may simply be:
“Given what I know now, where do I go from here?”