{"id":10734,"date":"2025-11-19T20:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/?p=10734"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:19:42","slug":"trust-your-instincts-unless-theyre-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/en\/2025\/11\/19\/trust-your-instincts-unless-theyre-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust Your Instincts (Unless They\u2019re Weird)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trust your instincts.<br>Unless your instincts are telling you to cut your own bangs at 2 a.m.<br>Or to buy a goat.<br>Or to text \u201chey\u201d to someone you haven\u2019t spoken to since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then maybe\u2026 pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But also, don\u2019t overthink it.<br>Unless your instinct is to overthink.<br>In which case, trust that.<br>Or don\u2019t.<br>It\u2019s really up to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because instincts are like squirrels,<br>sometimes they lead you to hidden treasure,<br>and sometimes they just panic and run into traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So today, follow your gut.<br>Unless your gut is just hungry.<br>Then maybe eat a snack first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been your official non-advice for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Dramatic and earnest, but if you imagine this song sung by someone deciding between tacos and laundry, it becomes unintentionally hilarious.  <strong>Try it!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yCC_b5WHLX0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-blogging-prompt jetpack-blogging-prompt\"><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__label\">Daily writing prompt<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__text\">Do you trust your instincts?<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d5302cd395fd02380ef5e92c5694266678591bafb3f9edb41376ef681499d15?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fd6051c743024f48bbd89a45c836b5e3f2155c71892a1b0e679640d575eb89e?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c0aa71d227b7217e562ad12bccbe7bcde5e8dc7501dc35887d6f4a2d246673ba?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\" \/><a class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/tag\/dailyprompt-2127?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noreferrer noopener\">View all responses<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*** Note:  I am testing WordPress algorithm with their writing prompts.  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