That’s what they say in construction. The cutting part isn’t hard; it’s cutting the right thing in the right way. This applies to important decisions in life, too: anything that has long term implications, big purchase, big projects, a change in career/life direction, etc. It’s tempting to just cut it out of emotions, but the bigger the decision, the slower you must be. Giving it a few days, measuring it again, giving it space… these can change your perspective. The worst thing is that you cut off something that’s irreversible. Cutting itself is easy; Figuring out whether to cut at all is the difficult part.