The simplicity of decision making.

Assuming you have a rational way of looking at day to day situations, it turns out making decisions is really based on three factors.

At any given point you have three choices, and that’s it.

Acceptance:

Accept the situation for what it is and embrace it. Personal happiness, the ability and desire to get along with others is directly traced back to this concept.

Change:

Actively work to change your situation for the better and in such a way that causes no harm. The goal is to make things better on a larger scale than just for yourself.

Leave:

If you cannot accept a situation and do not want to work to change it, you literally have one choice that remains, leave that situation.

Why is that:

Somewhere in the wide expanse of life and all we know there is a definition of insanity and a sure fire way to become miserable. 

It can be defined in the following way:

“I can’t accept where I am and I won’t do anything to change it, nor will I leave it.”

This final concept breeds entitlement and victimization along with occasional self aggrandizing and a focus on the concepts of blame and fault; and always at others. 

People don’t like to accept a given situation if they think they are owed some thing or special treatment. This also usually means they do not want to work to change that situation. Which tends to indicate they don’t want to leave the situation because they might have to face themselves. This is a viscous circle of stagnation and self-imposed misery.

Happiness and personal growth are just not that difficult to achieve when your perspective is updated to these concepts.

You can do this and more, it’s your decision.