Homeroom Guidance

Decisive Person 2

I. Let’s Try This

Fortune on Wheels!
List down some of your expenditures. Is it worth your money? Why? At this time of pandemic, what
should be your priorities? Do you find it hard to come up with a decision? Why? Why not?

 Utility bills
 Food and Water
 Medicine
 School Supplies
 Clothes
 Load

 All my expenditures are worth my money because these are the basic needs of my family, and for
my studies so that our daily lives become better. At this time of the pandemic, my priority should
be the health of my family and myself as well as our mental health to protect ourselves from the
threat of coronavirus and to make us more resilient in dealing with trials in our lives. Every day
I'm faced with life situations where I have to choose or decide. Some of these options are easy for
me because I already know what I should choose or prioritize. Sometimes it is also difficult for
me because I have to think about it carefully or requires a deeper level of thinking, and these are
life-changing decisions, shaping me into who I am now and my future.

Processing Questions:

1. How did you come up with such decisions?

I think about it carefully, gather all the relevant information, such as researching and talking to people
who have knowledge of my problem or situation, make sure that my action doesn't hurt anyone badly, and
carefully weigh my options, and probable outcomes.

2. Who influenced your decision-making skills?

The people who influenced my decision-making skills were my parents and friends. When I make
decisions, it is sometimes unavoidable to seek advice from someone else. I take their advice to figure out
which one works best. Another one that influenced my decision-making skills were the past experiences
that gave me life lessons or knowledge about life and information that I received from a book and read on
online websites

3. Are you happy with your decisions? Why?

 I can't say I'm happy nor sad with all my decisions, but I'm satisfied. In making decisions, we cannot
avoid making wrong decisions and experiencing regret in life. I'm not always happy nor sad with the
decisions I make, but I am satisfied and happy because I learned a lot in life, make every decision
meaningful, become a better person, and shaped me into the person I am today.

II. Let’s Explore This

You Decide!
1. Two of your friends are having conflict and often disturb your peace of mind. How would you handle this
situation?
 First, I will find out what the problem is or the root of their problem and get their side of the story.
Then, I would talk to them calmly and in an unbiased manner. Ask them both to try to see things
from the other person's perspective so that they can understand each other. Lastly, I will find out a
solution to resolve their issue and help them to reconcile.
2. Describe a time you made an unpopular decision. How did you handle the feedback? How would you
have handled the situation differently?
 When I was in high school, I had a friend who used to be a friend of my cousin but now hates each
other. Playing the middleman can be really hard at times. My cousin told me to stay away from my
friend, but I didn't do it. My cousin gets upset with me because I still meet my friend who was her
former friend, and I didn't choose when she makes me chose between them. I told them I won't
choose because the dispute was not between me, and either one of them, it's between them. I respect
the stand of my cousin and my friend. I'm not the judge and will never be of them and what they do.
I also told them that no matter what happens between them, I assure them that I will remain the same
or my friendship, and my love for them will still be there. I suggested an alternative that both can
agree on. I bring them together and help them fix any differences by being a mediator. I am thankful
that it worked for them, and they also thanked me after they reconciled. I'm glad for them, and now
they have become closer to each other after that incident.
3. Do you usually make better decisions alone or with a group? Why? When do you ask for help?

 I think I usually make better decisions alone because when I'm alone, I think more clearly, and I also
notice the other side. I also ask for help when I feel I need it or when I'm confused because by
consulting others, we also gain a lot of knowledge, information from an experienced person that
helps us to make a better decision.

4. In your experience, when you’re working on a group project, do you make the most decisions or do you
prefer to step back and follow someone else’s guidelines?
 I usually listen to the decisions or opinions of others, but if I have something I can add to their ideas,
I also suggest to them my own opinion.

5. In areas under General Community Quarantine, many have opened business establishments amidst the
rising cases of Covid-19. However, health protocols are being implemented to ensure public safety so that
usual business transactions continue. Our economy is badly affected by this worldwide health crisis but life
moves on, citizens are caught in between working for a living or staying at home for safety health reasons.
What is your stand on this?
 We can’t control everything that happens to us, but to adapt and learn to move on with life because
no matter how much we are struggling now, the world will not stop spinning to accompany us. It will
keep spinning, so we need to go along. We must have the courage to face life's problems and trials
and not lose hope that we can overcome all our problems. The pandemic crisis is not an obstacle to
continue and rise again to deliver service to our community and family. But we must remember to
follow safety precautions so that we can be safe, as well as our family.

Processing Questions:

1. How did you find the activity? What were your thoughts and feelings while answering?

 I found the activity interesting because I have learned new things. Things that might help me in
making good decisions in the future.

2. In making a decision, what are the things that you need to consider?

 In making a decision, it is good to consider whether the choices are good or bad so that we can
choose the right and appropriate, not only for our own good but also for the good of others. The long
and short-term impacts of my decision on myself as well as on others.

3. Who are the people that mostly influence your decisions? Why?

My family and my friends. They are the people who give me good advice about life and always there
for me, especially when I'm having a hard time. I admire their resilience in life that influences me to
keep moving forward and be resilient in life.

4. Does this pandemic situation somehow affected your decision-making? How?

 Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic also affects my every thought, decision, and action at every moment.
My priorities in life have changed, and now I am paying more attention to the health of my family
and myself, unlike before.

III. You Can Do It

Help Me Decide

a) Family

My parents, siblings, and close relatives

b) Peers/Classmates

My group of friends and close classmates

c) Institutions
Church and School
 d) Other resources
Credible websites, books and social media
What I have learned
Your Guide in Decision-making
Collect relevant information.
Write down pros and cons.
Imagine yourself sooner or later dealing on
with the consequences of your decisions
Weigh in past decisions.
Be Ready
Share your Thoughts & Feelings
The Way You Did it
 I will gather more detailed and relevant
information from my trusted persons and
credible sources.
 I will list the positive and negative outcomes of
the information I have gathered that will help me in
making a good decision.
 I will give myself enough time to think about the
possible consequences of each option I have
gathered that will help me what I should choose or
consider that will bring good to me as well as
others involved in it.
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 I will also include the decisions I made in the
past and weigh in on the previous decision I made.
I will look at my past decisions as important lessons
I can apply in the present and not repeat the
mistakes I made before. Moreover, I will decide to
learn from my past and apply it to the present so
that I can live the life I intended to live.
 I will prepare myself for whatever the outcome
of my decision will be, and I will face it with
courage.