Decisions: obstacle on the way of making a step forward

TARGET GROUP

Teenagers and young adults

TIME NEEDED

1,5 hours

IMPLEMENTATION

Introduction (5 min)

Career orientation is a path with many crossroads. On every crossroad, there is a decision to be made. Further education, taking extra classes, attending scout camp etc. – these all are vital decisions.

How can an individual face their difficult decisions and learn from them?

Video (15 min)

Look at the video: Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices?

Debriefing of the video (25 min)

Possible starting questions:

• What do you remember from the video? Maybe just 1 sentence?
• What is the speaker’s main advice for facing hard choices? Can you tell it in your own words?
• Can a big decision really be an opportunity for articulating your identity?

A, B, none or both? (35 min)

Participants work in pairs.

Every individual chooses a “big decision” they have to deal with in the near future. The decision should have at least 2 options: A and B.

In individual processes, they visualize both options:

• How would life look and feel if “A” happened?
• How would life look and feel if “B” happened?
• How would it look and feel if “A” and “B” happened? Think creatively?
• Is it possible to not do “A” or “B”? What would that look and feel like?

Participants tell each other about the dilemmas and all 4 possible outcomes. They support each other in researching options deeper.

15 minutes for each direction; 5 minutes for setup and closing.

Debriefing (10 min)

Final debriefing of exercise. Possible questions:

• What is it that makes my decision difficult?
• What could I do to make it less difficult?
• Do you usually see only A and B or also other possibilities?

LIST OF MATERIALS

• Internet connection,
• computer,
• video projector.