I've just finished what I call a fluffy book about a guy who is a funeral director and realises he can make decisions in his life so he changes the trajectory of his business and his personal life by making resolutions and sticking to them. I read this book on Kindle Unlimited and started it after midnight one night when I couldn't fall asleep. It was not a considered choice, just a suggestion that came up when I opened the app. Although the book wasn't spectacular, it was an enjoyable read and reminded me that there is always a choice.
If I'm frustrated with how things are in my life, I can choose to make them different. I can choose what career path to pursue, how to spend my money, what I want to learn next, what job to apply for, how much time and effort I put in each day to finding a new career. I can choose friendships and generosity and kindness over isolation, stinginess and mean spiritedness. I can choose love over hate, hope over fear and action over paralysis and cake over kale.
The challenge I'm having is that although remembering that I have a choice is liberating, it is also overwhelming. There are so many choices out there. Every day I am bombarded with things to choose. I suffer from decision overload often and I think at the moment perhaps even more than usual. As I scroll through endless job opportunities, degree options or volunteering roles I suddenly find myself wanting to curl up and take a long nap.
As I love a good quote, today I've compiled 5 of my favourite quotes about choices:
1. “The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.” —Neal Boortz
2. Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we're proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The message: we are what we choose to be." —Graham Brown
3. Ask yourself if you will be pleased with your decision 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years from now. This strategy makes you consider the short-term, medium-term and long-term consequences or, hopefully, benefits that come with your decision. I’ve found that the more you apply this technique, the more confident you’ll become at making quick decisions because you’ve considered all time frames.—David Ciccarelli, Voices.com
4. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” —Nelson Mandela
5. “It is our choices….that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —J.K. Rowling
Today I'm choosing to be consistent. To push through my decision overload and continue to work towards clarity and a new career. I'm choosing to continue writing this somewhat crazy blog on a daily basis to keep me motivated and focussed on reaching my goal. I'm choosing to be kind and in my own small way buck the stereotype of a Karen. I'm choosing to remind myself that I have a choice at every turn and it's ok to choose the nap option when it all gets a bit overwhelming. I'm choosing friendship and family and cake. When you don't know what to choose, I find cake is always a good option.
Today's photos are of Isla and me on a recent cake outing at The Garden Yard and of Isla and one of her own amazing cakes. Her cakes are my favourite.
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