If we’re talking about a time when I had to make a decision quickly, the first period of my life which comes to my mind is the one when I had to choose would I go for a trip or no and the reason why this decision was important for me is because it was a tough period in my life and I was struggling to manage with a a lot of problems and I was feeling under pressure a lot. But after a while, in this period of time, I needed to decide would I go to a trip, because my mom wanted to take me to the trip, but I was feeling so uncomfortable and mindfully distracted, so it was a really tough decision for me. I decided to sleep with this thought and on the next morning I decided that I should do the things that are satisfying me and I chose the way of least resistance and this way was staying at home focusing on on my tasks, achieving them, and after that I could go for a trip. The reason why this situation pressured me so much and why I had to decide it quickly was that this situation was like now or never, because this was a really unique opportunity to go a special place, which I had never been to. I always wanted to go there, it was in Paris. The reason why I couldn’t repeat it in my further life is that it is really hard for me to get tickets that cheap and with this good location of airports which I would go through. But as I said I decided to stay home and I think this decision was completely mindful and really well organized because of this decision I started being successful at my job and at my project and after a while I overcame my problems so I think this was successful decision making.
Band 6+: Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision quickly. You should say: - What situation you were in - What options were available to you - What decision you made And explain why it was so difficult.
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If we're talking about a time when I had to make a decision quickly, the first period of my life which comes to my mind is the one when I had to choose whether I would go for a trip or not. The reason why this decision was important for me is because it was a tough period in my life and I was struggling to manage with a lot of problems and I was feeling under pressure a lot. But after a while, in this period of time, I needed to decide whether I would go on a trip, because my mom wanted to take me on the trip, but I was feeling so uncomfortable and mindfully distracted, so it was a really tough decision for me. I decided to sleep on this thought and the next morning I decided that I should do the things that are satisfying me and I chose the way of least resistance. This way was staying at home, focusing on my tasks, achieving them, and after that I could go for a trip. The reason why this situation pressured me so much and why I had to decide it quickly was that this situation was like now or never, because this was a really unique opportunity to go to a special place which I had never been to. I always wanted to go there; it was in Paris. The reason why I couldn't repeat it in my further life is that it is really hard for me to get tickets that cheap and with this good location of airports which I would go through. But as I said, I decided to stay home and I think this decision was completely mindful and really well organized. Because of this decision, I started being successful at my job and at my project, and after a while I overcame my problems, so I think this was a successful decision.
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