Sunday, November 29, 2009

Decisions...

From What do I want to eat for lunch today? What shoes go best with my outfit? Where do I want to spend my holiday? To What do I want to do after college? Who is the perfect one for me? ...Decisions decisions decisions...now it sounds like a full time job to me! Seriously, this is just what I have been doing for the past one year. There were hard times when I was struggling to get my dream job during the lowest peak in the economic recession. I had to make a decision almost everyday trying to reject options which were not right for me. And I finally made it - I landed exactly where I wanted! Does that mean I don't need to do decision-making anymore? Hell, no!! Everyday, every hour, every minute - there is no way I can call it a day without any decision-making. And that is not the end of it. I am responsible for all the decisions I make. Fortunately, my company has the policy of "safe risk-taking" as long as it is informed. That is, if for some reason the decision turns out to be the wrong one, you can back up most of the times (of course, there is a cost involved...but, the point is - you will come out alive). But does this apply to life? How do I know what the right decision for me is? Or how long after deciding can I be assured that it is right(wrong)? Any thoughts anyone?
Posted by Udaya S Pisipati at 4:52 PM

2 comments:

  1. SpoorthyNovember 29, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Isnt decision-making the basic aspect of life? I mean, though we may not notice it is more natural than breathing.. from adding the correct amt of salt in the curry you are making - to the decision u make in ur work.. u do it all the time.

    Unfortunately, there is no way to know if you made the right decision most of the times coz once you choose a road to tread the road not taken will remain a mystery forever. It is natural to look back and think if you made the right decision. Sometimes you will know the answer instantly (like the case of salt), sometimes after a while, but the chances that you will be left wondering are pretty high too.

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  2. SpoorthyNovember 29, 2009 at 6:41 PM

    I remember this poem from English in school. I usually don't enjoy poems but I always loved it.

    The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
    And sorry I could not travel both
    And be one traveler, long I stood
    And looked down one as far as I could
    To where it bent in the undergrowth;

    Then took the other, as just as fair,
    And having perhaps the better claim
    Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
    Though as for that the passing there
    Had worn them really about the same,

    And both that morning equally lay
    In leaves no step had trodden black.
    Oh, I marked the first for another day!
    Yet knowing how way leads on to way
    I doubted if I should ever come back.

    I shall be telling this with a sigh
    Somewhere ages and ages hence:
    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.

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