Decision Making

            As promised in my previous article, here is my formula for decision-making.

• Whenever faced with a decision, ask yourself these questions as you think through the pros and cons of your decision
• Will this matter in 10 minutes?
• Will this matter in 10 days?
• Will this matter in 10 weeks?
• Will this matter in 10 months?
• Will this matter in 10 years?
• Whichever one, after reviewing this, you think would matter more, then I think that would be the better option. I had a decision to make a while ago, and I used this method. Looking back on it, I am glad I used this formula, because I think my decision was the right one. So the next time you are faced with a decision, refer back to this and ask yourself these easy questions. 

Dissecting Quotes #17

            This is the seventeenth edition of the series "Dissecting Quotes", where I choose a quote and briefly describe what I think the quote means and how to apply it to our everyday lives. I hope the insight a high schooler can provide can help brighten a day or get you thinking. 

"Common sense is not so common," 

- Voltaire 

Voltaire

              Today's society is skewed, we all rely on what others tell us. Sometimes we act without action, and the consequences are horrific. While I myself have not seen common sense gone wrong, I know of others who did not fully think through the consequences before acting. This reminds me of a quote I read in a book, "First with your head, then with your heart." This quote describes how sometimes our gut feeling is not the best feeling, and that it is better to use our brains to think things out before we act or make a decision. As Voltaire, a Enlightenment thinker, said, common sense is hard to come by these days, and he said that 300 years ago! So we should just be reminded to think things through before we decide on what we should do. And be sure to look out for my next article providing my formula for decision-making.