Making A Decision about _____________________

Backgroundprovide the backgroud about what is the decision being made about

Why A Decisiondescribe what led to the necessity of making a decision about this topic

what is the decision being made about

Familial Considerationsdescribe the familial considerations in regrad to making a decision about this topic

Financial Considerationsdescribe the financial considerations in regrad to making a decision about this topic

Emotional Considerationsdescribe the emotional considerations in regrad to making a decision about this topic

Other Considerationsdescribe other considerations in regrad to making a decision about this topic

Choices and their Evaluationhere we list all the choices/options/activities that are candidates for considerations in this decision making projectand then assign + (for) and - (against) points for the choice based on all pertinent considerationsNote:I have also created a ChoiceEvaluation spreadsheet -- see the following hyperlink to this topichttp://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pkMdyCu0NqzfLJHg0ow7vEA

Choice-01enter here the name of the choice/option/activity that is a candidate here for consideration and evaluation

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFamilial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) parents _____ _____siblings _____ _____others 1 _____ _____others 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFamilial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFinancial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) earnings _____ _____expenses _____ _____boarding _____ _____lodging _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFinancial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforEmotional Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) feelings _____ _____likes _____ _____dislikes _____ _____my joys _____ _____my sorrows _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforEmotional Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforOther Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) my friends _____ _____my colleagues _____ _____my social circle _____ _____my .............. _____ _____my .............. _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforOther Considerationsforchoice under consideration

net pointsforall Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Choice-01enter here the name of the choice/option/activity that is a candidate here for consideration and evaluation

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFamilial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) parents _____ _____siblings _____ _____others 1 _____ _____others 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFamilial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFinancial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) earnings _____ _____expenses _____ _____boarding _____ _____lodging _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFinancial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforEmotional Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) feelings _____ _____likes _____ _____dislikes _____ _____my joys _____ _____my sorrows _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforEmotional Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforOther Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) my friends _____ _____my colleagues _____ _____my social circle _____ _____my .............. _____ _____my .............. _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforOther Considerationsforchoice under consideration

net pointsforall Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Choice-01enter here the name of the choice/option/activity that is a candidate here for consideration and evaluation

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFamilial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) parents _____ _____siblings _____ _____others 1 _____ _____others 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFamilial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFinancial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) earnings _____ _____expenses _____ _____boarding _____ _____lodging _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFinancial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforEmotional Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) feelings _____ _____likes _____ _____dislikes _____ _____my joys _____ _____my sorrows _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforEmotional Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforOther Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) my friends _____ _____my colleagues _____ _____my social circle _____ _____my .............. _____ _____my .............. _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforOther Considerationsforchoice under consideration

net pointsforall Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Choice-01enter here the name of the choice/option/activity that is a candidate here for consideration and evaluation

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFamilial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) parents _____ _____siblings _____ _____others 1 _____ _____others 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFamilial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforFinancial Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) earnings _____ _____expenses _____ _____boarding _____ _____lodging _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforFinancial Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforEmotional Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) feelings _____ _____likes _____ _____dislikes _____ _____my joys _____ _____my sorrows _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforEmotional Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Opportunity (for) + pointsChallenge (against) - pointsforOther Considerationsin the respective boxes ... You may use this notes box to do your breakdown here in this notes box, such as ...(use any scale +10 to -10, +100 to -100, ... )affect on positive (+) negative(-) my friends _____ _____my colleagues _____ _____my social circle _____ _____my .............. _____ _____my .............. _____ _____other 1 _____ _____other 2 _____ _____

net pointsforOther Considerationsforchoice under consideration

net pointsforall Considerationsforchoice under consideration

Optimum Choice Selectionis the choice that has the highest total net points of all the choices under consideration in this decision making project

Opportunities (for) +pointsall points that we consider are favorable in making a particular choice, the points that support making a particular choice, the points that appear to be beneficial in making a particular choice, ... are assigned + points

Challenges (for) -pointsall points that we consider are against making a particular choice, the points that do not support making a particular choice, the points that appear to be detrimental in making a particular choice, ... are assigned - points