Tag: decision making

You can change all of that. It’s simple. Maybe not easy, but simple.

Think about flying. When the oxygen masks come down, you’re supposed to put that mask on yourself before helping anyone else. There’s a reason for that. If you pass out from oxygen deprivation, you can’t help anyone.

Translate that into regular day-to-day life. If you’re exhausted, you can’t do everything that’s expected of you; forget anything you just want to do.

There’s no way to avoid feeling negative and sometimes resentful of others when we run ourselves ragged. That is a definite recipe for relationship disaster. No matter who the relationship is with—everyone suffers.

As a family system—whether married without children or a family of six— the introduction of new technology also introduces new decisions to be made within the home. When does the Blackberry get turned off? How much time is young Johnny allowed to spend on Xbox?

While the topics may be ever changing, the process of healthy decision-making never ages.

As the nation’s attention is whip lashed between cyber bullying and "sexting," it appears that now is the appropriate time to take a moment to focus upon the art of decision making, instead of the decisions that must be made.