Your Day with Different Choices

Your Day with Different Choices

How was your day? Was it good? I hope so. Well, have you ever thought what would happen if you chose the other one? Drinking coffee instead of tea or going out instead of staying in. I believe that if those seemingly small and insignificant decisions had been the opposite, many things would have turned out differently. 

When you go out for a coffee, you might meet someone new and become either a close friend or a lifelong enemy. Or on a day you choose to stay home, storms might rage outside. We make these choices without thinking about their consequences. After all, if everyone acted by considering the outcome of every decision they made, life would become unbearable.

I would like to show you, through a few examples from my own life, just how important we truly are and how much our decisions can change in lives.

Two years ago, when I was 16, my family was getting ready to go out on an ordinary day. They said it was just a typical Sunday and asked if I wanted to come along. Since I was studying for my exams at the time, I declined their offer. They didn’t insist much and left the house. A few hours later, my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She told me they had been in a serious car accident and were on their way to the hospital. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured. But I had never imagined that my simple decision to stay home could turn out to be something so important. Surviving the accident was entirely dependent on a single sentence I said and a momentary thought I had. What if I had gone with them? Or what if my father had been driving a little faster and something more serious had happened? 

Of course, no one can live their life thinking in such detail all the time. This could gradually turn into a kind of dependency, even an obsession.

But just for a moment, think about your day — what tasks you could have completed if you had woken up a little earlier, or how you would feel if you had fed an animal today. 

Let’s look at things from a more human perspective for a moment, like someone you’ve just met, your roommate, or your new colleagues at work. Who are they? How did they come to your self-zone? How do they affect you? 

I’d like to share another piece of my life to explain this further. The person who is now my boyfriend was someone I met a few months ago during my internship. My life was truly at its lowest point, going nowhere, when suddenly, he appeared in front of me. What led me to this job was just a lottery — something completely random, without any real logic, just based on luck. At the time, I didn’t believe anyone would love me, value me, or inspire me to take action. Yet, suddenly, I found myself very socially active and adapted to a productive way of living. It was a phase where all the hobbies I had in mind came to life, where I did the things I had always wanted to do, laid the foundations for my career, and met new people, which allowed me to grow as a person.

Alongside all of this, I am incredibly grateful to my boyfriend, whose attention, love, and affectionate gestures made me feel valued and helped me learn to love myself.

Now, when I think about it, what if I hadn’t applied for that job? We probably would have never met. And I would have continued living in that miserable state for a while longer, wasting some of the best years of my life. 

Even attempting something, or simply wanting it, can change so much. If you want to do something, get up and start working on it. Don’t wait. That perfect moment will never come. That table will never be cleared, and your coffee will never be ready on its own. True success and happiness don’t know who they’ll come to. You decide that. While prayers, meditations, or hopes are one thing, the impact of turning your thoughts into action shows results much faster. 

Don’t be afraid to take risks; risks exist in every area of life. We take them unknowingly, without even realizing it. Humans should fear what they know, not what they don’t. Don’t be afraid if your life turns upside down. How do you know that the bottom of your life won’t end up being better than the top? If you, like me, want to express yourself through writing and enjoy it while moving forward with your work and even earning money from it, let this writing be a sign for you. Maybe one day, you’ll look back and think, “What if I hadn’t read that piece? How would I have started writing?” I consider this writing as the beginning of this journey, and I truly believe that one day I will be exactly where I want to be.

It doesn’t matter when or how you do something. Just do it.