Decisions, decisions

Life is full of choices that require decision-making. Thus, we find ourselves constantly making decisions, many of them benign but occasionally they require more thought and have more implications. We have become so accustomed to this decision-making process that we don't even notice it most of the time. Should I jaywalk? What bag should I take today? Small or Medium fries? What train car am I going in?

Then, of course, come the more significant decisions. Should I quit my job? What classes should I take? Do I really want to get married? What career do I want? Some of these decisions are life-changing, yet they are imposed on us when we are young. How are we to know what career we want? I remember the process I had to go through when came the time to apply to college. The first step in determining what schools to apply to was to decide what major I wanted to take, hence implying the ever-important question: what do I want to do with my life?

This choice, and the decision that comes with it, is thrown at kids when they are still in high school. How are we supposed to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives, when we have barely started living it? When you are 18, there are other things on your mind, such as boys (or girls, depending on who we're talking about), parties, graduation, fashion, school (in some cases)... But very few people know for sure what they want to do for the remaining 70 years of their lives, roughly. And how should they? To that point in life, we have been exposed to very few things. We take basic classes in school - English, Math, History, Religion. And then we are expected to magically know what to do.

This, added on to the way society works, leads many people to study some field or other in Business. Why? Simple - the money is good. We are pressured in making decisions that will impact the rest of our lives, and with lack of better option opt for the money. Then people are unhappy and life is shite.

Every decision we make affects our life in some way, from crossing the street to choosing a subway car. Those decisions don't make much difference, but we have to be careful when it comes to more important decisions like accepting a random job, or later quitting it.