After a psychedelic experience, pick one change you can observe, try it for a week, then decide whether to repeat it, change it or drop it. One change at a time makes it easier to tell what fits.
After a meaningful experience, you may want to change everything. A new diet, a new job, a new way of being with the people you love, all at once and starting tomorrow. The feeling can be sincere. The plan can still ask too much at once.
When several changes start together, it can be hard to tell which one fits and why one stopped. That is information about the plan, not a measure of your worth or willpower.
Choose something you can observe
Choose an action you can observe, such as taking a short walk after lunch or having one conversation you have delayed. Try it for a week. Repetition does not guarantee lasting change, and stopping does not erase what you learned.
Ask: what would I do, when would I do it, and how will I know whether it happened? “Be more present” is hard to observe. “Put my phone away while we eat” is easier.
Review the week, not yourself
You do not need to arrive anywhere by the weekend. At the end of the week, ask what happened, what got in the way and whether to repeat, change or drop the action.
If the action did not happen, look at the conditions around it. The time may have been wrong. The action may have depended on someone else. You may no longer want it. Change it, repeat it or drop it.
If the urge to change everything still feels urgent, Big decisions can wait has a way to give it more time without ignoring it.
