When we are stuck and struggling to make a difficult choice, ask yourself two questions. We need to step back and listen carefully to the subtle whisper of our instincts.īreathe deep and close our eyes. Tap into our intuition as it tries to speak.Ĭreating a list of pros and cons is incredibly helpful, except when it’s a liability.Īsking for advice seems rational until we carefully contemplate the source. Sometimes people’s opinions are inconsistent with our values and their credibility is questionable. When we feel disconnected from our self, tough choices become more challenging. Here’s a dozen useful tools to help alleviate the pressure of making tough choices. "Stay committed to your decisions but stay flexible in your approach." Tony Robbins Taping into our common sense, trusted advisors and intuition is a great place to start. There’s no easy formula, but we can rely on emotional instincts to guide our way.
So, when you’re feeling overwhelmed with big decisions, what’s the secret to staying calm and making the right choice? It’s hard enough when those decisions make our life difficult. But when those choices impact people we love, the stress can seem insurmountable. Occasionally those choices are massive with huge implications. Or, if the Russians decline to redeploy significant forces, the 21st Brigade might discover that the Kreminna axis itself is ripe for a breakthrough.Each day we make decisions, most are trivial with minimal consequences. They could draw Russian troops north and ease the way for Ukrainian brigades advancing in the south and around Bakhmut. In committing the unit and its powerful vehicles to the fight, Ukrainian planners could achieve one of several things. The 21st Mechanized Brigade with its CV90s was one of those in-reserve brigades until it began moving toward the front in recent days. Its troops can probe along several axes, observing the Russians’ reactions until it’s apparent which axis represents the best opportunity for a major breakthrough. With few forces in reserve, the Kremlin must make hard choices.ĭoes it reinforce the southern front in order to slow the Ukrainian counteroffensive there, or instead bolster defenses around Bakhmut in order to keep the destroyed city in Russian hands? If the Ukrainians attack toward Kreminna, can Moscow shift forces north without depleting the defensive positions elsewhere?Īs long as Kyiv has well-equipped brigades in reserve, it has more options than Moscow does. Each new counterattack the Ukrainians can sustain has the potential to support the others. Kyiv’s forces made an important breakthrough south of Bahkmut in the last week of June, when the new 3rd Assault Brigade ejected Russian troops from their trenches along the Donbas Canal that threads north to south just west of Bakhmut and anchors Russia’s defenses in the area.Ī similar push could begin soon around Kreminna. And a month later, Ukrainian forces counterattacked north and south of the city, seizing the initiative. Exhausted from the Bakhmut fight and justifiably worried about their disposition in the south, the Russians had no choice but to shift to a defensive posture in and around Bakhmut.
The Russian army and its mercenary allies starting last summer expended much of their remaining offensive combat power dislodging Ukrainian brigades from Bakhmut, ultimately capturing the ruins in May. The growing concentration of fresh Ukrainian forces outside Kreminna could signal an imminent expansion of Kyiv’s long-anticipated 2023 counteroffensive, which launched on June 4 with nearly simultaneous Ukrainian attacks along several axes in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts.Ī second Ukrainian effort soon began around the ruins of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
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