When you're faced with a life-changing decision, what helps you decide which path to take?

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"Life changing decisions" is a hefty thing to think about.

I first think about the moral stance of it and if I would feel guilty at all. I often make decisions based on realistic posibility and the mental impact it has on everyone involved.

I look at the financial impact of whatever decision it is and if I am still able to pay my bills, feed my dog and self. Although I have financial goals for every week I really hate having to over compensate for a miscalculated decision.

If it is doable I start considering the pros and cons of it. Pros and cons lists are the tits when it comes to figuring most things out for me lol

I'll talk to my parents and friends about it and get their opinions. I know my parents have a lot of life experience, total opposite sides of the spectrum so it is great to get two completely different views on most things so I can form my own opinion.

Making a self motivated smaller decision that benefits just me are hard to carry out. Most of the time it takes the influence of another person to get me to be useful 😂😂

Example: My mom pointed out to me one instance when I wanted a shop vac for SO LONG. Years. It's been on my list of things to get for my shop tools and it took my best friend at the time to tell me she was asking around to barrow one to clean out her car for me to get up and get one. I needed it, she just wanted to use it and couldn't afford to buy one. As smallish as that purchase was it has been an unintentional life changing purchase so far. I use it ALL THE TIME. For so much lol

Anyway. I do extensive research on most things because I'm a firm believer in "knowledge is power" It's also sexy lol I have had my fair share of ignorant moments that are always solved by just a little more research so I try to understand what I'm getting into before I get into it.

After all things considered if it is still not solved I will ask someone else to make the decision for me and then blame them when things don't work out lol jk

What do you consider when making a life changing decision?

Thank you for reading !

Dame Suicide

XOXO

emmegizeta:
well, no one expects you know what's the best for you 😅 so listen the advice of your friends/family but make your own decisions 👍
userdelete329:
Im pretty bad with this. I think its good that you think of the moral. I really like that and it once was something where I nearly was proud on myself, but yeah... big mistakes made me stop to pretend I can be proud on my moral. Im a big big fan of listen to my heart and I maybe give them around 80-90% power for the final decision cause I dont think something else will point me to the place where I need to be but sometimes I listen to much on this. On the one hand its great and I really feel happy but sometimes I cage myself in a perfect Disney world where everyone is nice or in the opposite. Im not yet grown up fully and I wanna have time for small mistakes. Im not so close with my parents and  the other person are no option for me. Money for sure is important. I dont wanna end like yeah, you know. I just like punk music and a little lifestyle but I dont wanna loose a clean home and my travel plans. A pro contra list can help sometimes too I think or write it down generally. It need to be the right and thankfully I dont have such a criminal heart that it would me wanted things which are illegal most of the time. Maybe im to selfish to listen to someone else or I wanna do my own mistakes to be sure. I have my granddad but yeah. I love him but times change and that's good and I cant talk about everything with him. I think you have a good plan if you do it like that, very healthy and maybe I need to grow up someday to give my brain more power but for now I only listen to my heart. Between all others its the best opinion.

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