As i read about ideas on helping kids develop methods of making good decisions, i agreed with a lot of what was said, but it just seemed like there is nothing like the experience of making decisions that gets you more ready to make more decisions, better. I think back to things that i decided when i was young that actually helped form a path for my life and how it impacts my life to this day. the earliest important decision i made that still impacts me today wasn’t until 6th grade when i decided that i wanted to play the drums. I wanted to do it, so i did. I wanted to get better, so i practiced and i did. As i entered high school, i picked and chose more about how i studied and how much of the subject i studied. I still love to play to this day, not much makes me feel more happy. BUT I don’t do anything with it professionally, and the busier i get in my educational and professional life, along with my personal life, the less i play. So how important was this decision overall? I think it is great still, because it impacted lots of decisions that i made in the past before i got more serious about school, and finances, and life in general. BUT i also made decisions in regards to this activity that i look back on and i wish i had done something differently. So How has this decision that i made in 6th grade impacted me in my life? Both positively and negatively. Was it a good decision? of course it was. But it wasn’t all the best. So, what is in making a good decision if that decision leads you to make both good and bad decisions? I could never expect any child going into 6th grade to be able to look into the future and see how a decision is going to impact you one way or another 10-15 years down the road.
Oct 022016