Ep. 16: The 3 Biggest Decisions of Your Life

In this episode, Andrew covers perhaps the 3 BIG DECISIONS that majorly impact a person’s Life.. They are: Your Choice of a Mate or to Live Alone (kiddos are part of this)Your Choice of OccupationYour Choice of a HOME Reed speaks plainly about how each of these decisions and their DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES in the quality of one's Life…and the need to be as deliberate as possible in these choices.Chapter Markers(00:12) Why this series exists: Intelligent Life, beyond institutions, into Nature and reality (01:04) The premise: three big decisions that set direction, happiness, and experience (02:03) Decision #1 — Mate or Live Alone: influence on nearly every choice; hard personal lessons (04:48) Kids, seasons of marriage, and permission to change direction when it’s destructive (05:48) Choosing solitude well: standards, freedom, reconciliation with self, and the divine presence. (07:20) Decision #2 — Occupation: pick work that gives energy; apprenticeship, pain, and payoff (08:52) Entrepreneurship vs. employment: it takes “more than 40 hours” and real responsibility (10:02) Economics across decisions: partner effects, household strain, and boundaries (11:50) Decision #3 — Where to Live: finding “home,” surroundings, and the neighbor effect (14:03) Luxuriate: ordinary joys as wealth; why most luxuriating happens at home (15:21) Gratitude for the scars; nothing wasted in Nature or in life; close and contact Song: Twisted World - andrew reed & the liberationAlbum: As a Bird of the Air… (Trilogy I Album 1)Social Media Linkswww.mvi.lifeOfficial Website: www.AndrewReedMusic.comFacebook: @andrewreedandtheliberation X: @AndrewReedMusic Instagram: @AndrewReedMusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Lx7DnbB5qyt7uwV8yeHwEYoutube Channel: @andrewreedtheliberationMVI Phone #: (828) 698-5885Click here to view the episode transcript. Watch out for the next message, every two weeks on Fridays @ 7:01am (EST)!