How Decisions in Family and Schools Can Affect People

Emillaine D. Cortez

Different people have different ways to make choices. W hen choices are limited, making a choice based on instinct or habit is usually not going to damage you. Greater choices, however, require a stronger, more structured method of choice.

Decisions may be of significant or minor significance. They may be simple or difficult to build. They can be done alone, by you after you have consulted others, or by a party. Also not making a decision is a decision.

Choices are part of every aspect of everyday life. You decide things on family problems, such as how to split your phone time or household obligations. You're making choices about families, too.

Other choices are about how you invest your time and money and what you eat and what you wear. You need to arrange your evenings so that you can do whatever you need – homework, organizing your room, watching a TV show, for example. You will need to budget your money to save up for special purchases including birthday presents. Food decisions include looking at nutrition, and clothing choices are made when you shop as well as wearing clothing.

The decisions vary in the way they affect you. The small decisions that you make every day might not seem important, but the impact of some of them may build up.

Your actions often influence others, not just you. Your family will be affected when you plan to miss household duties. Your peers are influenced by the way you spend your time at school and on weekends. Your actions can also affect the feelings of others. If you help with dishes, someone in your family is going to be appreciative.

Other important decisions you make affect life's work. Since you are likely to spend 30 or more years of your life at work, it is very important to choose a good decision. You would need to analyze all facets of future work to make the correct decision. Jobs with strict hours, seasonal employment, or unsteady earnings are not right for everybody. Many who value time spent with families or time spent on personal interests will need to consider how a career could impact many plans. Many jobs are stressful by default, and most of them have some degree of stress. When people are not happy at work, tension rises and affects their personal and family lives. As you can see, making a cautious career choice can have a huge effect on your life for many years to come.

The author is Head Teacher

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III at Batangbatang Integrated School