To be fair, all of the best decisions I've ever made have come out of "I feel that way" and all of my worst decisions have come out of "This is rationally correct".
Life is funny like that.
Life is funny like that.
You could hypothesize things are likely to be that way because there is no rational purpose to life - you do some stuff then die. If anything you could say a successful life is one where you enjoyed the ride which may be maximised by doing what feels right. I guess.
Some people feel that way. For some - in the end deep emotional reason, I don't _want_ it to be that way for myself. Even though I probably have more pain that way, going through life.
Also, if you are a member of a privileged group, you may well have the luxury of just doing what you feel. You also may or may not be insulated from some of the consequences.
Am I a member of a privileged group?
That said, gut feel has always guided me very well when I have incomplete information. I always have incomplete information.
Usually what people mean when they say "I don't have a choice" is actually "The probability and cost of catastrophic failure are too high to be worth it".