I'm a decision maker and the process isn't always easy - there's sometimes negative repercussions which can difficult to adapt to - but the decisions typically improve my life, that of others, or affect changes that ultimately work positively. Some are minor and others profound, with an array of others in between, and because I'm human and subject to the faults and failures of the species like everyone else, not all of my decisions have worked out as planned or even to my benefit at all. That's life.
Decisions have to be made though and the consequences of them accepted and enjoyed, or accepted and worked around which often brings the need for more decisions, the old back to drawing board and try again scenarios. The only catastrophic decisions I've made were those I didn't make, though, meaning a failure to make decisions has rarely moved me forward which inhibits life down the road. (A decision in itself I suppose.)
Before decisions come contemplations, research and investigation and a time of weighing pros and cons.
With me, a lot of that has been a joint effort with others as the decisions I make often involve others, but I run the process solitarily as well. A constant is that I have worked to ensure I'm in the right place to consider options, weigh and measure, and to look into the future at the possible outcomes; something I believe has led me towards better decisions. That's not always possible though, in-the-moment decisions are also required, but finding the right place physically, mentally and emotionally can help a lot.
The beach pictured above is one of the places I've made so many decisions or where I've contemplated scenarios and situations prior to the decision being made and I have found it to be an amazing place to weigh and measure, see different perspectives and objectively and discuss them.
I was there the other evening which is when I snapped this picture and, as usually happens, discussions ensued, various perspectives were considered and some worst-case/best-case scenarios determined. No decisions were made, but that couple hours of walking and talking helped move things forwards towards what I know will be better decisions eventually.
We all do things differently and what works for one may not for another; we all need to make decisions though, it's unavoidable. I'm able to do it anywhere but find when I'm in the right headspace and physical environment my process is much more effective than when I'm not; I think it's about finding the clarity to think better. Making the decision on when and where to make decisions has been incredibly productive for me.
What about you?
Is there a place, time or headspace in which you find it easier to contemplate and make decisions or doesn't it matter? Feel free to tell me about where, when and why in the comments.
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I like to think and decide over stuff when I'm on my daily health walk (just walking :D). It's perfect time to think for me, when I'm moving my body by excericising, it feels like when my muscles move my brain muscle also begs to move.
Yep, that's a good one, walking is an excellent time to thinking things through and reaching decisions.
The hammock... Or maybe like right now juss chillin on the couch here at home finally with the fireplace and my best kitty friend Sammi Jo beside me.
I have some big decisions coming in the next 3-4 months. Get the hell out of this business or upgrade the equipment and try it for another 3-4 year push.? One or the other will happen.
But right now. Just watching Communist Kalifornika burn and enjoying a fire of my own.
Proof...
That's a big decision for sure, lots of different things to consider and the decision is something that will have future implications one way or th other. Hopefully you can work out the best course of action.
I was thinking and rethinking, and I believe my place would be the hospital (because I spend my life there these days 😅)
But the truth is that life sometimes goes so fast that I think you have to make decisions on the fly. Still, I really value walking, being alone, and making decisions, no matter how small. In this case, the best place would be the Malecón in Havana (the Sea Wall) because we don’t have beaches close, but the sound of the sea crashing against the wall, the wind, and watching the cars go by really help me. Lately, the hospital has taken its place
That's a bummer, hopefully you get to take some time to live life a little more and engage with it on different levels than from a work perspective.
To make good and proper decisions I must first be calm, zero stress and nerves, and for that I might make decisions after meditation, or anywhere in nature, a forest, the bush, and of course the sea. Water has something special in me and helps me a lot, even if it is a river. And the other detail, it helps me to be alone. Of course after having analysed things.
Ever made bad decisions?
Of course, and very bad ones, usually for insisting on decisions that were out of my hands or for not changing my decision or position. Now I am more flexible.
What a great spot to be to think about things, it's beautiful there!
I mostly trust my gut feeling, and also my wife - most decision about our lives or finances we make together, women just think differently about certain things and provide valuable insight.
Gut feeling works sometimes and other times it comes down to weighing everything up, considering the facts and such things.
Another beautiful photo by you. Looks like a lovely place to contemplate difficult decisions.
Personally, I find that if I'm unclear then I either need to go weed the garden or walk in the bush near our house. Being outdoors where I have trees/plants and birds for company and no real noise helps me think more clearly.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Weeding (gardening) is a great place/time to think things through and walking as well. I hike a lot and being out there with nature, the "quiet" (lack of the babble of society) is awesome and conducive to lateral thought.
It's nice when we have the possibility to choose where we will make some important decisions, but unfortunately, we usually do it in the moment, without the possibility of choosing the time and place...
But here, if I could choose where and when, it would look like this.
I would wake up in my cottage, wash myself with cold water from the well in the yard.
Surrounded by the smell of field flowers and the sound of rustling leaves of the surrounding trees, I am sitting in a lounge chair on the terrace, a cup of hot black coffee without sugar in my hand and my gaze is lost on the horizon, towards a mountain peak.
Life decisions, I'm here 😀
That sounds nice, although decisions need to made on the fly so it's best to be able to get oneself into the right mindset no matter where one is.
It might sound odd, but one of the best times to think about stuff for me, is actually the 10 to 15 minutes before I sleep. It's the time where I have put everything like my phone aside and there are no distractions as I prepare myself to rest for the day.
Yep, that's often a nice time when one is relaxed and a little distances from the day itself and the next.
My wife and I actually run into issues because we both have to make dozens of decisions every day. By the time we get home neither one of us wants to make a single decision. Even on the rare occasion we go out to eat, it's a big debate because neither one of us wants to decide where to go! I don't think I have any one place I make the majority of my decisions.
Yep, that happens and is probably not too much of a problem when it comes to where to eat but in other aspects it could be I suppose.
Most of the times decisions, whether right or wrong, had come under pressure, I know, its way far from a good time to take'em, but circumstances might drive us to that spot now and then. I'd like to have or find a place where that process could be filled with all the necessary elements for a solid decision. It might be out there waiting to be found to embrace and provide. All decisions haven't been on the rush though.
Yeah, some decisions should not be rushed, I agree with that.
For me, if I needed to decide things that bring changes to my life, usually I'm in the church. 😊 The place where I can think a lot and don't care about the time.😊
There's lots of good places to make decisions, it's the decisions that are not made that are the problem.
Yeah. I agree with you. 😊
Sometimes the decision we don't take might work for our benefit. I decided to change my job before pandemic. It didn't happen somehow, and my job has been a hybrid-style since then. I can say that this situation worked for my benefit.
Yeah, some things happen by chance and some people are happy to allow their life to be dictated by it.
If I were in that search for calm in the face of the negative and positive consequences of a decision, being in a place like the one in the photograph I would tell myself that if I understand that we don't all think alike there will be equality and that the difficult decisions are the ones that have made me who I am.
I don't know what you are going through exactly, but what a beautiful place to reflect. Greetings.
What I'm going though? Well, it's called life. And you?
I just go forward, if u asking "what about me" i'm the kind of person who need take quick decisions everyday, but how i say, we all different.
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I like to think through stuff when I'm outside, either going to buy stuff or enjoying the cool breeze 😊
A super weird question and one that says a lot about you.
I'm of mixed race so am brown myself, which I have made reference to in many of my posts over the last eight years and have also included pictures. So...your little fucken comment backfired huh?
You should probably stay in your lane and stop trying to control what people do with their stake...But, of course, you're free to do as you like...just as everyone is free to do what they like, including their stake.
I think that pretty much covers off on this conversation.