decide

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on being honest in your course corrections, admitting that you are capable of mistakes, divorcing yourself away from them thoroughly, and moving on without the weight

the nature of “de-siding” something

late 14c., “to settle a dispute, determine a controversy,” from Old French decider, from Latin decidere “to decide, determine,” literally “to cut off,” from de “off” (see de-) + caedere “to cut” (from PIE root *kae-id- “to strike”). For Latin vowel change, see acquisition. Sense is of resolving difficulties “at a stroke.” Meaning “to make up one’s mind” is attested from 1830. Related: Decided; deciding. https://www.etymonline.com/word/decide#etymonline_v_852

on the literally meaning “cut away”