Law of 85%

My rule of engagement is the Law of 85%

Everything - and I mean everything that I choose to engage in is based on this law.  I am 85% certain that I should engage in any particular activity and be able to deal with the consequences.  Both good and bad deeds and those deeds are all within my choosing.

I usually have to work up, and at times when I am raring to go, full steam ahead, I talk myself down to the 85% point.

It works

It gets me in trouble with myself

But at 85% certainty, I can live with the outcome.

When I'm mothering I'm at 85%.  When I choose to swagger around for a good cause, I'm 85% sure of my target.

When I'm rappelling off the side of a 23 storey building for a cause that I hold close to my own heart, I'm 85% sure that I want to be pulling off this kind of stunt.

I'm not sure of the outcome, but I know that I'll be ok.  Good and bad results.  I'm happy that I made the choice.