
It's funny, because I've learned a lot about decision making in graduate school. Since my major is Educational Administration, I have had classes on and have been through countless case studies to try to hone my skills at making informed, direct, prompt decisions. I consider myself a good decision maker - maybe a little impulsive at times. I like to make a decision and "die by it," not looking back, only moving forward, not letting those ideas like, "If you'd waited another day, you would've had these options," work their way into my head. Nope. I like to do it and move on. I'm not sure if it's because I am good at looking at the options and choosing the best one (ha!) or if I just am still not good at waiting for long-term benefits/consequences to become clear (more likely).
Ben and I have been talking about our plans for post-graduation with increasing fervor for probably six months now. And we can't make a decision because we're having to wait to see what the exact options will show themselves to be. This is nothing extraordinary. Everyone goes through this period in their lives - several times, I'm thinking. I guess it's part of becoming an adult. We're actually having to weigh consequences, think long-term, do what's best for our family, etc., instead of just doing what is expected.
Some decisions in life that could be considered big ones have been easy. It was easy to decide to go to college. It was easy to decide to accept a job at Sam Houston. Strangely enough, and maybe I shouldn't admit this, the decision for Ben and I to get married was (relatively) easy. Should it have been? Shouldn't the idea of committing yourself to one person for eternity give you reason to pause? Anyway, I felt then and I feel now, that we made a good decision. It was an easy decision - I just knew...
I'm digressing from my point.
So here we are, wondering what to do. We know about one option and will know concerning another next week. Just waiting in the meantime. I guess this really isn't a hard decision. In all likelihood, we'll be choosing between two good things. And I'll probably look back on it when having to make another important decision and think, "Well that one wasn't very hard. I mean, we just knew what the right thing to do was." In retrospect, it's easy to forget about all of the weighty discussions until midnight. Talking about what might happen with Option 1, Option 2, or Option 3.
It is exciting, though. And next week's coming. Ben will actually be posting once he has made a decision. And once he's finished with whichever school project is currently keeping him glued to his laptop until late in the night. Three more weeks to go...
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