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What Is a Cost Analysis of Life Choices?
Every choice you make has a cost. This is highly variable and subjective.
Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states,
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
This is applicable, however, beyond the laws of motion. For anything and everything that you do — literal or figurative — there will be a reaction.
Some approach this from the notion that actions have consequences. I look at it as every choice you make is an action you take — while every choice you don’t make can stagnate.
All choices lead you somewhere. That somewhere could be good, it could be bad, or it could be relatively neutral. Not making a choice is also a choice and has the same outcome.
All life choices have a cost. Some are high-cost, some low-cost, and a few are largely cost-neutral. But recognizing and acknowledging the cost — by performing a cost analysis of life choices — can be enlightening and empowering.
What are life choice costs?
When you choose to do something, there’s often something else that you choose not to do. That’s what I mean by cost.
