Decisions, Decisions

How far back do decisions you made, even unwittingly, affect you to this day? Was there one big decision that has made a world of difference or is it a constant array of small decisions?

I feel like you make small decisions every day, of course - which way do I head home, do I go my usual route or try to shave a few extra minutes off my commute by going the back route and oh, shit, the back route is backed up and now it took me twice as long to get home, so I get dinner started late and it took a bit longer than I thought so now I'm not going to have time to watch that DVD before I go to bed so instead I'll maybe read this book that I've been meaning to and wow, this book is actually really good so I'll just stay up a few more minutes, half an hour, two hours and now its way past my bed time, way later than I would have stayed up if I watched the DVD instead, but its okay except the next morning I overslept because I stayed up so late and got in to work late and missed the morning meeting by a few minutes, etc...

You get the idea - a minuscule decision has now created large ramifications in this scenario. Not everything is so life-or-death, but a domino effect in your life can be set off by the smallest decision and that's pretty crazy.

For me personally, I feel like the decision that has affected my life most was the decision to open The Comic Stop. I can, in a way, trace everything I'm doing now back to that decision almost nine years ago. Which is nothing I could have ever predicted at that point. Who knew it was such a momentous decision? Not me, that's for sure...

I don't have any deep insight regarding this, it's just something that was on my mind today as I was looking forward to 2009 and what it may bring, and what decisions I will make (or maybe have already made?) that will continue to change my life. So I thought I'd share my thoughts.

Because sharing is caring.