It seems not too uncommon to divide the world into what we can control and what we cannot. Yet, our relationship with the uncontrollable appears unpredictable, often swinging between helplessness and liberation. Helplessness perhaps arises when the inability to change things is felt as an inevitable current, while liberation may occur when that same lack of control is perceived as a freedom from responsibility. This shift rarely appears to be a conscious choice; it seems to fluctuate based on subtle changes in our internal or external state.
Since life carries no universally proven purpose and ends in unavoidable death, I can find no standard against which an option could be judged valid. If there is none, inaction is not what is left over. It is one more thing no standard could reach.
Some choose to move forward anyway, perhaps due to an instinct to minimize unnecessary friction and pain. As for me, I am still unsure whether this is agnosticism or paralysis.
Related: Uncertainty and Participation, Rigour as Paralysis, Firmness Without Finality, Ground and Gravity, Weight and Assent, What I Hope to Be Able to Say