I-5 North

if you were given a chance to drive in an interstate road, and never had a good driving experience, would you do it?

if you knew the little (almost non-existent) experience that i have in driving a car, and knowing me, you'd definitely shake your head in disapprovement. however, the impulsive me would definitely go plunge into that experience. i could already see myself grasping on to the steering wheel for dear life, in between shreaks. i'd probably be the loudest driver there is, but still i'd go for the challenge. but, when the reasonable part of me takes over my impulsive self, i'd get overly worried and try to look for ways to get out of the challenge ahead. and if i am lucky, i'd get out of it and keep myself safe. if not, all i could do is say my prayers and get through it all.

this is how i face my life challenges. it is a battle between the impulsive side of me, and that overly reasonable side. at times, it pays to be impulsive for you learn to trust your instinct and save you some (if not, lots) of that wrinkle lines. and each experience becomes pretty exciting. however, it also pays to be reasonable. it saves you from unexpected fall that could have been caused if you were not too cautious.

but the thing here is you have to learn how to balance your decision making. you have to know when to be impulsive and when to be reasonable. if you don't, it's either you would miss a lot in life, or commit lots of stupid mistakes. and you cannot just afford to be falling into both.

i know i can drive in an interstate road even if the only driving experience i had was just that 10 hours at the driving school a year ago. call that over-confidence! hehe! but reality dawned me almost too late. there's that big caution sign flashing right in front of me, that it's so hard to neglect. so this time, the reasonable self won over. i am taking the taxi instead.