Topic > The Challenges of Making Difficult Decisions: Personal Statement

Graham Brown taught us that “life is about choices, some we regret, some we are proud of, some will haunt us forever.” We all make decisions every day, whether big or small. There are situations in life where we need to make choices wisely because they can have a great impact on us in the future. Sometimes, the smallest decisions are the most difficult and unexpected. Whenever I make a decision, I am not always sure because I think that the one I chose might not be the right one and it might have a big impact on my life and will soon turn into a big regret. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay To be honest, I really don't know what the hardest decision I've made is because I'm too young to face a situation like that in life. I think the hardest thing I ever encountered was my laziness. I learned this in a Filipino online class, the "Tao laban sa sarili" or in English it's me against myself thing. I agree that the hardest opponent to fight is ourselves because, for example, when we lie, we are just fooling ourselves and it makes no sense at all. Every day, every morning, whenever I hear the loud sound of the alarm clock, especially when I have morning class, I always feel so lazy to get up. I don't know if I'll choose to get up and do the preparations I'm making before going to school or just continue to sleep and think that at least I've rested. I also know that I really need to wake up because I still have classes and if I don't attend, I'm also the one who will struggle to keep up and understand the lessons. Of course I always choose to do the right thing and I will continue to fight the laziness inside me because I already know what the conflict will be if I choose to be lazy. Another thing is that whenever I have tasks to respond to, I don't feel like doing anything and just want to stay in bed for the whole day, but I'm still worried that I might be hoarded by school activities. This happened just this week, we had so many activities this week and it made me afraid of not finishing it in time or not answering correctly. Obviously the choice I should make is to respond to my tasks so I can finish them on time and so I did. Out of thirty activities I only have six right now and I'm really happy with the decision I made, just like Robert Frost in "The Road Not Taken", but the only difference is that I chose the path most students choose and there is no regret in this. I felt so happy that I at least fought my laziness and still fight because I know it will soon be my regret if I choose to continue being lazy. In conclusion, I learned something from this situation, I understood that everything we already know what the right and wrong things are, we continue to ignore this fact and, even if we are wrong, we continue to believe that what we are doing is the right thing to do . Sometimes our decisions aren't the best because we are only human. We can always choose the right thing for us and create an even better future for ourselves. When the time comes to make such a difficult decision, just remember to do what is best for you and everyone.