If Your Have That Nagging Feeling of Uncertainty, Just Say No

I just read a blog that may have saved my life. For the past few weeks my husband and I have been discussing whether or not to get an au pair to help make our lives easier as I slowly transition back to work after having been a SAHM of four kids for 10 years. We have been ambivalent, at best, about the decision of whether to welcome a foreign-born stranger into our household to take care of our chidren. Just writing it here makes me feel crazy that I would even contemplate such folly! Then I read a blog on hybridmom.com entitled "LifeSaver" which gave this advice: "Just say no. If you're not sure about the question, whether it's a commitment, a new activity, a request for help, an expense... if you have that little nagging feeling of uncertainty, just say no. Wait. You can always change your mind and say yes later, but once you've committed it's hard to undo. I've been saved many a mistake by saying no, stepping back, and considering.”