Wise observation. It’s always least bothersome to simply approach a person and share what we are feeling with or for them. This way to unburden yourself cauterises many hypothetical or like you said unreal avenues.
However, one must also be ready to face the music of the outcome as it may not be what the persona may be imagining it to be. Things are never in our control anyways.
Building up on your equation,
Life = Facts + Actions,
is flaming my curiosity. How do you think this applies to making a decision that does not involve other and it’s just you, yourself, who has to choose an outcome off of a few options?
I mean to say, per say your example, the other person is also me.