The 5 Second Decision

“You will never”... how many of you have been told that, said that or worse, believed in that?

Who you become; what you have, what you think and feel these are all things that are based around one capability. A capability I might add, that we all possess. This is the ability to make a decision. Not a decision for your parents, your siblings, your friends, but for YOU. It’s that simple. You see something, you go for it. You want something, you do everything you can to achieve it.

You’re probably going to sit there and tell me, it’s not that simple. There are a thousand and ten variables that come with making an informed decision.  What is being “informed” anyway?? If you’re the type of person who says this- you have been living a life of excuses. Making a decision is simple. Simple doesn’t mean easy.

Someone once said,

“Indecision means the door is still closed.”

Meaning- you are closed off to opportunity.  You are stuck in a small frame of mind.

That being said, can you tell me this- how can you see the bigger picture if you can’t see past what’s right in front of you?

Here are some classic examples of people who make close minded “decisions”:

I hate my job, but I don’t think I will find another one that pays this good or I really want to travel the world but I will never save enough money to do that. I want to drop 20lb but I don’t think I can stick to a diet.

These are all unconscious decisions being made by lack of actually making the conscious choice to make a change. This is what indecision causes. If you don’t decide what you want, life will decide for you.

I have been told countless times, make a plan then do it. Research this, and then do it. Why not just do it? When you waste time thinking about what could be, what should be, what might go wrong... you miss all things that could go right. It’s honestly like you’re putting more energy into talking yourself out it, then you are putting into actively doing it.

Decisions are scary, a good scary. They force us out of our comfort zone. That’s how we grow. You can think up a million ideas of things you want to do, things you want to have, things you’ve always dreamed of accomplishing but unless you execute them... they’ll always be just that- dreams.

I challenge anyone who’s reading my blog to DO this (not try but do): next time you catch yourself thinking- I wish I had that, I should be doing this, I want to go there... I want you, without taking a second thought, to make the decision that you are going to do everything you can to have that, or go there. I want you think about what you need to do to have that, and do it. Don’t think about the pro’s or con’s, don’t think about how so and so might react to it, because it not about them. It’s about you.

But Camila, you’re so wreck less you are probably thinking. Call it what you will. But I’ll be damned if I don’t live the life I want to live. It’ll be the god damn day I wake up filled with should have or could have’s. Regret is not in my vocabulary and if you stick with my blog- it won’t be in yours either.

Think like you already have it, and don’t stop till you do. Things don’t happen out of luck. They happen because we make them happen. Make a conscious decision right here, right now that your life is worth having everything you’ve ever dreamed of, that your life is worth fighting for. Make the decision that YOU are worth fighting for. After all, it’s like I keep saying- it all starts with YOU.