Sometimes we make poor choices.
And, unrelated to that, sometimes bad luck happens.
The real problem kicks in after that.
One bad decision after another. Choices that compound the problem instead of solving it. Digging a deeper hole, amplifying the damage and spreading the effects through space and time.
We often try to justify previous errors by making them again.
We defend sunk costs.
We choose the path of the victim.
We misunderstand the bad luck that came before or decide to teach the universe a lesson.
It might be that we overreact and run away from good options merely because we stumbled last time. Or we could fail to see the pattern and choose to repeat it.
Every decision is a new event. We have new information, new options and most of all, we’re smarter than we were last time.
If we want to be.