What are holding me back from making decisions?

There are at least three things that often hold me from making decisions: the fear of feeling regretful, forgetting the consequences of making decisions, and adding too many constraints.

First, the fear of feeling regretful. I have many things that I regret for. I often focused on the past such as why I did that and how could I do that or how could I not do the other alternative. The regrets are so strong that they fill up the mind and hinder from thinking what I can still do.

Second, I forget that there is also consequence of not making decision or delaying decisions. I often make do nothing as my default move instead of selecting from the available options. But that does not account for the impact of delaying decisions. I need to remember that delaying decisions can cause me very regretful in the future and bring me the consequences that I have not considered.

Third, I add too many constraints from the beginning. Instead of relaxing the constraints at the beginning, I added too many constraints. This cause no feasible solutions are available and at the end I could not have the best feasible solution and so no action is done.

So, how to take a step forward? First, consider that not making decision also has its own regrets. Because of that, I do not need to run from the feeling regretful as I will feel regretful regardless what decision or move I take. Second, delaying decision have other impacts that are not known. Isn’t it better to choose from the alternatives as we already know roughly on the consequences? Third, relax the constraints. Generate more than two alternatives. Let go some of the constraints. In any case, find ways that I can move instead of doing nothing.