gut instinct

the older I get, the more I recognize how strong my instinct is.

But as I recognize it, I realize how often I disregard it!

I think I don't actually realize it's my instinct/intuition/whatever-you-want-to-call-it until afterwards, but probably 9x out of 10 I don't listen to my first, gut reaction, which is usually what I go back to in the end.