Choosing your choices

Life choices create our future. They can be who we build relationships with, the career we choose, how we spend our money, and the values and beliefs we live by.

Many daily decisions require minimal thought but significant life choices need intentional focus. This may be a career move, buying or selling a house, beginning or ending a relationship, evaluating educational options, placing loved ones in a full-time care facility, or choosing treatment for a medical condition.

We develop personal decision-making styles and strategies for making choices. Choosing not to decide on something is also a decision made.

When faced with a life-changing choice consider the following;

1) Is the timing right for this decision?

I recall the day I was mowing the lawns of my property and a wheel fell off the mower. I began to question where the wheels were falling off in areas of my life. The time was right to re-evaluate some life choices.

2) How will I feel if this decision doesn’t produce the desired result?

Some decisions did not deliver as planned, but I’ve consistently experienced positive change with a new life choice. Expectations can dissolve into disappointment — be open to an alternative decision to achieve the desired outcome.