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A game of 'GUESS SO'
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
|May 12, 2025
Jeremy realises he's paying the price for having no idea at all

It was once suggested to me I didn't have the guts to make decisions and that I'd just wait until inevitability took over. Cruel and largely true, but after that withering assessment, I made a decision all of my own to make more decisions.
I have done that, but as time goes by, I realise the old Jeremy wasn't actually doing such a bad job. And here's why.
I'd like to believe I'm in charge of my life, that I have some self-determination and decisions I make give me direction. While this is sort of true, I've recently realised a lot of them aren't well-informed judgements based on hard data, but merely guesses. I truly believe I'd get similar outcomes by handing over to inevitability like the old Jezza.
This story is from the May 12, 2025 edition of New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
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