text: Seeking multiple people's opinions helps you to make a better choice because you can see other's views. What you might not know about someone is what they've experienced. Especially if they're older. They could have made the wrong decision and help you to make the right one. I used to read a lot of books like that when I was little, and sometimes I still do. They're all about this one character that has an awful choice to make, and then lots of people guide them to make the right one. In the end, it's all happily ever after. Making a life-changing decision, like the college you go to, your career, where you live, sometimes it helps to ask the people that are closest to you. Ask them how they think you will change. They've known you their whole life. If you change, you won't realize it because you adjusted to your new self. For them, you may be a whole new person.