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9/2/09

How Critical Thinking affects me as a person and the role it plays in my life.

Everyday we make choices that can affect our lives whether it is at work or in our daily lives. We as women can make bad decisions in relationships where we let our emotions cloud our way of thinking to where our own parents cannot talk any sense into us because we do not want to hear what they have to say or the input that they may have about the choices we made to be with. I myself am guilty of making bad choices like marrying my husband. I should have really given that a lot of thought before I made such a hasty move. I don’t regret having my daughter however I regret marrying her father and thought I was doing the right thing by marrying him. The choices we make in life can affect us in a major way. We plan our life and future goals based on how we would like to see ourselves in the future but sometimes it doesn’t always turn out as planned. Other examples are like the way we raise our children to the way we function on the job, for example Nurses have to critical think every day because if one bad decision is made it can affect the patient in a fatal way. It is hard to make a “logical” or “rational descion when someone is upset or angry because the emotions can cloud your mind in which causes you to not think in a way that is the most logical or to make rational choices. I think this class could help me see the brighter side of things rather than just seeing my own thoughts expressed to where others would agree with me. I could get other input then make a decision based on what information that I have gathered that could help me make a more rational descion. I am planning on getting a divorce soon and would love to get remarried however before I make that decision I would have to think it through very hard and ask myself a lot of questions like how or where do I see my life 10 years from the time I am asked for my hand in marriage again. No matter what kind of decision we make it should be meaningful and healthy.