Essays Ashley Danyew Essays Ashley Danyew

The Power to Choose

Every day, we make thousands of tiny choices.

We choose what to wear, what to eat, what to say, how to respond to the changing world around us. We make decisions in music and teaching, what to write, what to play, what to focus on.

We are inundated with options and possibilities, a dizzying array of information and ideas.

We feel an obligation to make the "right" choices, a responsibility to make choices quickly and efficiently, to be decisive and smart.

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