Making Decisions

Life is made up of decisions. Every waking moment in our lives is the outcome of either ours, or someone else’s decisions.

Not every decision has the same impact, choosing what to have for breakfast is probably not going to change the course of your life. Choosing if it is time to change career may.

Sadly choosing what to have for breakfast is usually a more informed decision, we usually know what the different options taste like, how long different options will take, what you need for them etc. When it comes to choosing to change career, move house, or many other big decisions, we have very little data to go on and have to make the decision before we can tell what the outcome may be.

The fear of possible outcomes can usually stop us from making a life changing decision, even if one of the possible outcomes would be a drastic improvement in our life. The chance of failure can stop us from pursuing a better life, a happier life. Just that possibility can be enough to keep us trapped in an unhappy, unfulfilling situation.

What is a better situation, being unhappy because you know where you are, or making a decision to change your situation and facing the possibility of finding your fulfillment?

When you look at it from that point, the obvious answer would be to make a decision to pursue your passion. When you are living the situation, making the decision to change it, the choice is much more difficult.

I guess the decision is between living a life that does not make you happy, or risk making a decision that could result in you having the life you want, and accepting to deal with any situation that arises in the process.

So in conclusion, either accept that by not changing something you are making the decision for it to be the way it is, or make the decision to make a change and accept everything that comes with that. There is no way to only make good decisions, but there is no good in making no decisions.