Decision Making

Decision Making

We all have to make decisions in our everyday lives. From deciding what we will where to work to what we will prepare for dinner. There are some people who have a hard time making decisions and executing moves to makes things happen. I was in a relationship for 14 years and produced two children. I was in the midst of a domestic situation and I had to make a plan and execute it. This was a little trying because I was a stay at home mother not making my own money but a small savings. The lease was in my name and I was not going to break my agreement because when we moved we would need to be able to find a place to live. I decided I did not want to bring my boys up in that environment so I made a plan to leave. As Bateman (2011) points out making decisions can be challenging, but we all have to make them every day of our lives.

Bateman (2011) describes the steps to decision making as identifying and diagnosing the problem, generate alternative solutions, evaluate alternatives, make a choice, implement decisions, and evaluate the decision. Although I did not follow all the stages of decision making in my personal life, it was similar. I was aware there was a problem and I had to remove myself and the boys from a toxic situation. I had to decide when we were going to leave how we were going to leave and where we would move. I decided in December 2011 to implement plan to leave. I had to generate a solution so I started going to pantries to get food this would save me money from buying food and I would put the money that I was supposed to be spending on food in savings. I had to make choices, I cut out swimming classes for the boys and that saved money that I could put away. I did away with DirecTV anyway I could reduce a bill I would; I knew that by the New Year we would have enough saved to move. I implemented decision to make the move, I contacted my sister in Texas and told her my intentions and asked if the boys and I could stay with her. On March 07, 2012 we moved to Texas. I stayed with my sister got a job and we moved within 3 weeks.

Schwarber (2005) suggest that if you are too close to an issue you may make mistake in making decisions. I think this is true because I use to speak about the abuse with others and I would feel relieved, I would think about leaving but never tried to make a move because I was able to vent and he would come back with apologies. If I would have followed the