b"decision-makingHow to think deeply about decision-makingSometimes we make a really good decision but may not have a good outcome, she says. And sometimes we may make a bad decision that turns out to be good.Above all, make sure you are true to yourself. Guide open thinking with questions like whats true, and what do I do?Ms. Stumacher also suggests people shouldnt make decisions when were hungry, angry, lonely or tired. You can use the acronym HALThungry, angry, lonely, and tiredto remember when not to make a decision.If you are any of these, it can be By Healthy Panther Post staffsomething new, so its OK and naturalhelpful to postpone decision-making MaST Community Charter School for our thinking to change, she says. until you have resolved them, says Ms. Stumacher. What to wear,Ms. Stumachers organization works to what to eat,give students the skills to flourish in a whether tochanging world by teaching them how speak up. to think, not what to think.We're makingUsually when we make a decision, hundredsyoure deciding between this and Alison Stumacherof decisionsthat, Ms. Stumacher says. Challenge Educator every day,yourself to come up with a third way says Alisonsometimes that can help you get really Stumacher, deputy director ofcreative about the decision and open education for the Alliance for Decisionyour thinking a little bit.Education. The key to making decisions is to think about your values. Having to make multiple decisions gives you different opportunities and You are growing up in a time wherea variety of ways to make the decisions there is so much information at yourand will help you make the best fingertips. Sometimes its hard todecisions, according to Ms. Stumacher.decide what is true or real, she says. Its good to stop and think thoroughlyPeople can be overconfident in before going to final conclusions. the first things we think and that can lead to Mistakes are natural, and anyone canmistakes. Our brains make them. Its also natural to get antake shortcuts, says Ms. Stumacher.idea and get stuck with that idea. But Ms. Stumacher says you should not bePage 4 illustrations: Xzavier Valdez-Sharp, 6th grade, Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier, Holy afraid to update your thinking. GetName (absent) | Elizabeth Mathai and Alexandra Wright, 7th grade, MaST Community Charter Healthy comfortable saying oh this changed myPanther Post (girl)thinking. We are always going to learnPage 5 illustration: Ruby Marcelino, 8th grade, Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier, St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral (friend group) 4B Y K I D S , F O R K I D S | F a l l 2 0 2 5"