So how do you make decisions when there are so many choices out there?
This is the question I have been wondering a lot about. When you are presented with various opportunities, how do you determine if your choice is the right one?
I’ve been thinking about this primarily in a vocational context because I am someone who has a lot of varied interests, like many of you that I know. I love ministry, theology, leadership issues, social media, new technologies, therapy, writing, etc.
So for me, for example, I’ve been viewing my choices as if through a funnel….follow me for a minute.
If I put this option down the funnel, when it gets to the bottom, after being siffed through the ever thinning funnel, will it bring me closer to what my end goal is, or does it take away?
So if my goal is to be a therapist, but I keep attending conferences on ministry, it seems that I’m missing the mark…or vice-versa.
So recently, I have been deciding to say no to opportunities that don’t align with three major passions:
- To be a great therapist
- To develop great leadership skills in the church/ministry
- To learn and utilize new technologies/social media in the theory and practice of therapy and ministry.
Those are three areas that I’m passionate about, and have to ask the question if my decision leads me to those.
Rhett,
I can absolutely resonate with this. Perhaps, it is due to still being in school and not fully committing to a “career” path yet. But I have often wondered the same thing. My list goes:
1. to be in ministry somewhere helping to influence lives.
2. to teach, write, and study for the rest of my life.
3. to drink energy drinks, snowboard, and listen to loud music until I literally die.
the best option that seems to mesh these three together is student ministry. but, there is still something in the back of my mind that screams university professor. who knows. it’s something I consistently think about. maybe they will meet somewhere down the road?
I’m in the same boat as Jon. I’m a college kid whose future is still rather hazy right now (I used to think I knew what I wanted to do–took two years for me to realize I was wrong).
Also, I’m the type who likes to dive head-first into things I deem new and exciting but gets bored with them very easily. Thanks for giving me a way to better keep myself in check.