How have your decisions influenced your life? When is the last time you looked back and reflected on your life? Do you want your future to be something different than it currently is? Most of us have a few regrets by decisions we have made but that is part of learning. It is often major life events that cause us to reflect on our past and give hope for our future.
Life Events That Effect Your Decisions
What major events in your life have caused you to reflect on you past and think about your future? Often life events are not something you can control like when losing a family member or a friend, but you can make life choices that either enhance your life or take your life in a difficult direction. It is never too late to make better decisions that will create a brighter future. As the saying goes: If you don’t like where you are, then change it, you are not a tree.
Our choices are often influenced by the friends that we do life with. My mom often told me that my friends would make or break me. I thought I made my own choices and my friends didn’t have anything to do with it. Boy…… was I wrong.
How Others Influence Our Decisions
Over the course of a life time our friends will influence us both for the good and Not So Good choices that we make. Most people like being part of a community. That community gives you opportunities to learn and grow based on those around us.
My parents made sacrifices to give me the opportunities to meet and spend time with great people. The schools, churches, groups and camp that I attended all influenced my future opportunities and decisions. At the time I never thought about how the impact some of my decisions would make in my future and I let life happen to me. I have since learned to make better choices that would shape my future self.
What Decisions Have Influenced Your Life?
What things have influenced the decisions that you have made for your life? While we all have regrets or times that we wish we could go back and change some of our decisions, it is never too late to move forward and begin making better decisions. https://mountainstomolehills.com/?p=418
Maggie Wooll’s article in Betterup gives 3 habits that will make you a better decision-maker and gives 10 effective decision-making tips for you.
10 effective decision-making tips
1. Imagine yourself one year into the future
2. Write down your goals
3. Identify at least four alternatives
4. Figure out what you don’t know
5. Step away from the situation
6. Face your mistakes
7. Seek out feedback
8. Look at the long-term and short-term consequences
9. Analyze data
10. Identify your values and stay true to them
For more great ideas on making better decisions Check out: https://www.betterup.com/blog/how-to-make-better-decisions
How will you make better decisions today that will impact your future? Do you need to take some classes to move your career forward? A simple decision to take a free class at the library can impact your future employment or teach you a new hobby. Taking a walk can relieve stress, clear your head and start you on a path to a healthier life style. What change can you make today that will give you more opportunities and create a better future for you?
Choose wisely my friend, but remember you are not a tree and it is never too late to make new choices. Also remember that some of the decisions that you may also impact the lives of others as well. Spend some time reflecting on “How decisions Impact your Life.”
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