Five Steps To Easier Decisions

By Desiree Holmes Scherini, CHt, NLP

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Five Steps To Easier Decisions

Our lives are filled with decisions. Think of the past month of your life. What decisions were you faced with? What decisions did you find difficult? Or, what decisions have you been avoiding?

Making our personal choices is not as straight forward as we might like. We are bombarded by the opinions and expectations of others. So, we often go through life fulfilling the wishes and hopes of those around us, while ignoring our own desires. We may stay stuck, making no decision at all, or worse, making a decision based on another's wishes.

Wouldn't it be nice to free yourself of all of that and, decide for yourself, what you want? You can. You can begin today to give yourself the opportunity to make your own choices that will bring you more happiness in your life, as you live authentically.

Here are a few tools to help you get started on the path to finding clarity and choosing what is right for you.

1. Find Time To Meditate – Choose to take quiet time and to intentionally focus on your decision. Allow yourself to feel the reaction in your body as you imagine each option. This will give you an enormous amount of information.

2. Write It Down Write down the pros and cons, but then, get out of your head and write down your feelings about the choices and options before you. Journaling can have a magical way of revealing your inner thoughts and true desires.

3. Understand Where Other's Advice Is Coming From – When someone tells you what you “should” do, they may be talking about themselves. Take time to examine where the message is coming from, and what the motive might be.

4. Don't Sweat The Small Stuff – Sometimes we get into such a stuck stupor that even the smallest of decisions is a challenge. Just let that stuff go. Go with your first choice. Then relax and enjoy it.

5. Trust Your Intuition – Deep down, you know your own answers, but all the other stuff mentioned earlier gets in your way. If you can get to know your own mind and feelings you are well on your way to letting go of the anxiety and worry that comes with making decisions. Using the tools above will help you hone in on your intuitive powers.

Whether it's a “big” decision or a “small” one, you can find your way to comfortably make choices without second guessing and worry, if you take time to listen to your own voice.