I am grateful for my intuition guiding me to exactly where I should be.

Intuition is mostly compressed experience — a pattern learned so long ago that the reasoning fell away and only the verdict is left. That's why it's fast, and why it's often right in domains you've actually lived in.

It's also how fear disguises itself. The pull away from a hard conversation feels identical to a wise instinct. The tell: real intuition tends to be calm and specific. Fear is loud and vague.

When the next hunch arrives, ask which one it resembles. Calm and specific, follow it. Loud and vague, wait an hour. The genuine ones survive the hour.