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Self Reflection: My Decision-Making Process

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Self-Reflection
Chase Watkins
Boise State University

Self-Reflection When faced with making decisions I look at all aspects of the decision at hand, consciously and unconsciously reflect back on my past experiences, then look back to the decision again. This is a process that I believe many people do when faced with any type of decision - whether big or small. You reflect on those past experiences and use the data in your mind to help guide you in the decision-making process. Those past experiences and ways of thinking are molded by individual, family, and community influences. What individual, family, and community factors guide my own decision-making process? Both my mother and my father came from humble upbringings. Neither …show more content…

As a child I was bullied in school which has had a negative effect on my self-image and confidence. Some of those experiences still have an effect on my decisions today. On the flip side of that, the military exposed me to situations where I needed to have confidence, or at least make it look like I am confident.
I am also a very future oriented person, I 'm always preparing for what 's next. According to some research, people who often contemplate their future tend to be healthier than those who do not (Moss, Wilson, Irons, & Naivalu, 2017). I like to set short, medium, and long-term goals. Setting those goals give me something to work towards. If I meet the goals it makes me feel good, and if not I can reflect on what happened, adjust and make appropriate changes in order to fulfill that goal.
My future as a nurse will be very demanding and will force me to make many different decisions. The agregate of experiences I have had in my life will shape and mold the decisions I make, the outcome of which may be completely different than someone else faced with the same decision to make. That is not to say that either one of us would be more right or wrong, just

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