Everything Is A Decision

in #life8 years ago (edited)

There is one thing we can control and that is what is within.

Everything you do is a decision

That decision may be driven by:

  • Circumstance
  • Basic necessity of survival
  • Addiction
  • Depression
  • Anger
  • Frustration

In the end a decision is still being made, every action you take in every moment of your life is a decision.

That statement is not meant to sound like a burden weighing you down.

That statement is meant to free you.

Every decision you make gives you the chance to make another decision or a different decision before you act.

For example - You may want to eat the doughnut, but you know it’s unhealthy and that you don’t need it. You say ah fuck it and grab for it. It’s not too late at that point. You can still decide that decision isn’t the right decision. It's not the decision that you want for yourself. You can decide that decision was dumb and put the doughnut back down.

The biggest thing in regard to decisions is being AWARE of them. Once you realize just about everything you do comes down to a decision made in your mind then you become self aware. You start to recognize when you are making a decision that goes against what you truly want.

You have an epiphany in that moment and then ask, wait. What the hell am I doing?

Regards,
Mitchell J
@scaredycatguide

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Awesome, much appreciated. Liked some of your other picks today as well.

Yes, I saw it! This is great that you're interested in work of others, too! ;)

Thanks! Just looked at your car payments post. Can't believe I didn't think to write that. Haven't had a car payment in 15 years!

We should always make conscious decisions, I totally agree with you. :)
I would like to include your post in my TOP5 Lucky Find Psychology articles for today!

What about decisions driven by love or ambition, etc?

Yes, those can certainly be added to the list. Just picked a handful of examples, mainly ones of a more negative emotion that tend to lead to poor decisions. Although we have all probably made a poor decision motivated by love at some point.

Reminds me of a little tidbit i picked up a while back:

"You can't allways control what happens to you, but you can allways decide on how to respond to it"

I find that it proves true especially for adversity.

Yes! The second part of that saying is KEY!

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