How do you make decisions? Fast, slow, or medium paced? I’m on the slower side of decision making if the topic is new to me. This week two instances have happened where I had mixed feelings about the decision, so I said, “No, I’m not doing it.” One took a few days until I got some encouragement to try applying for that opportunity, and then I changed my mind and just applied. The other time happened yesterday where I planned to visit the nearby conservatory to photograph the leaves and flowers. Yesterday morning dawned one of the coldest days of the year, and so I had this fight inside myself about going. “It’s only a mile and a half away…but it’s so cold…my car should get moved out of that parking spot…Oh, it will be fine until I have to go to work…” My Mom suggested I not go, so for a half an hour I planned not to go. I had a life-giving conversation with a friend, so that gave me courage to face the cold.

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