Why does holding people's fates feel so heavy and so alone?

You sit where the decision stops. Someone's job, their path, their week — it turns on what you say. That weight is real. No one warned you how it would feel from this chair. But look closer. The part that is crushing you is not only the weight — it is the isolation. And the isolation is partly your own doing. You have people around you carrying the same kind of weight. You have simply not shown them your reasoning, only your verdicts. This is fixable — not because the stakes get smaller, but because you can choose to decide in company instead of in silence. That choice is available to you starting with your very next decision.