My most read post that I have written online to date is onetitled "EveryoneStruggles" located on my blog mattcrowe.com~ business and philosophy followed by a close second of a new one I justrecently wrote for the blog Dumb Little Man titled "WhyChoosing Happiness Will Dramatically Change All Aspects Of Your Life".

Today, as I was preparing to write this article a commonthread jumped out and smacked me straight in the face from not only my firstpost here on this blog "TheTime Is Right Now…" but also these two listed above and thought I wouldshare my thoughts with this community to get your feedback.


All three of these posts discuss this notion of deciding to"choose" and making "choices" which soundssimple enough right??

Not exactly.

Over the past two days I had a conversation with a mentor ofmine who has an extensive background in psychology and personal development aswell as a best selling author and coach around this very topic of choices. Much of the conversations were dominatedwith the acknowledgment of sure, it may be easy to logically understand something - like "choosing" happiness,success, love, fulfillment, gratitude, or whatever. However, it's a WHOLE nother thing to be able to translate thosedecisions emotionally, apply them, and actually stick with it for a wholenumber of reasons. Our emotions truly do control us much of the times itseems…right? Past experiences thathave been engrained or conditioned in us or fears and blind spots that haveheld us back from our true potential we all have.

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know for myself that many times I decided to make achoice, for example to be in rocking good shape then all to quickly to fall ofthe horse. I start a killer workout regime, then go out with friends and slam down 6000 calories of pizza andsweets followed by the next day of sitting on my bum doing nothing frustratedwith myself for making that bad "choice" of eating like crap and not workingout. The next day I have to"choose" again to work out, and hopefully with repetition and condition it willbecome a new habit but doesn't always go that way. Making a choice can be complicated and isn't always as easyas it sounds. I don't ever wantany of my readers to think that the things I write about are simple and Irecognize that all of us including myself are human. For many of us there seemsto be areas in our lives where it's incredibly difficult to make certain "choices",let alone to stick with those "choices" without continual struggle. So I conclude with this and would like your feedback: What have been areas of your life where you tried to choosesomething and yet still struggled with it? I leave you with this wonderful note I received from a friendof mine who was originally from Argentina and sent me this in response tochoices: I "chose"happiness when I was 17 and took a risk by leaving home and moving to thestates… Everyday I work at it, because choosing happiness takes a lot of work!It seems so much easier to NOT be happy but those of us, who are lucky enoughto have the energy to choose, are certainly better off. ~ Veronica