Enchantment:)

The Last Chapter!!!

 Chapter 12 discusses how to resist Enchantment.  The first topic in this chapter discusses how to avoid tempting situations.  Not everyone is an ethical enchanter.  And some people don’t have some things in your best interest according to the book.  You should avoid situations that may tempt you into doing something that may not be in your best interest. 

Another topic discussed was look far into the future. You should see how different situation will impact your future.  You should also consider the impact your current actions will make in a year or more. Negative outcomes according to the book will waste your time. 

It is also good to track previous decisions.  Before making final decisions, is says that you should ask yourself questions first. One question it said that you can ask is “What happened when I did something like this before.” Depending on your answer you should know if you making a bad or good decision.  It can also be a good idea to keep a written journal of your decisions.  The book talks about if you maybe fail at one decision that you may be able to learn from it.  I like this topic because it teaches you that it may be okay if you weren’t good at making decisions the first time, but you can learn from it.

 

One of my favorite topics from this chapter is how to let you be enchanted in small ways.  “By giving in to small enchantments, you can save your resistance for the decisions that can affect your life in serious ways.” The book stated that if you find joy in small enchantments, that it reduces the seeming importance of the big, risky, and expensive ones. 

Another great thing is to create a checklist.  Having a checklist helps you to make good decisions.