Desicions

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Imagine, if you can, an income drop from thirty thousand a year to less than ten thousand a year. This is calls for a colossal change in the way a person lives. What to sacrifice and what to consider as essential, becomes the main point of decision-making. The catalyst of this injury grew from pushing the body past the limit of physical readiness. This injury started a journey that is still in progress. Decisions, even small ones can bring about unexpected results. Look at how some decisions affected others and the results that came from them.
Lifting, throwing, carrying and pushing money lead to money. Loomis, Brinks and Wells Fargo are the types of businesses that move money, and they use people to accomplish this. Men dominate this world of money transport, but with perseverance a women showed, she too could do the job. After several years of training new comers and proving that, hard work pays off an injury sneaks in. On a day like many that has passed before a coin, pickup was the first step toward the end of this job. Using a two-wheeled handcart to move coin from the customer’s storage area to the rear of the truck is standard procedure. However, on this particular day the coin load was large, over three hundred fifty pound bags of quarters. On the last load, the two-wheeled handcart became stuck crossing a door threshold and required an extra push. This was the first decision that would change everything.
Because it was easier to push a little harder, rather than unstuck the load and take a little less out, the body suffered. At first, it was a visit to the company doctor who called for x-rays, and limited physical activity for a week. The week passed with no relief, so back to the doctor. More physical therapy was call...

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...lenge, but it has to lead to somewhere. All of this started with that first decision to push a little harder than the body could handle. If any one of those decisions had been different, the entre outcome would alter. Try not to focus too much, on what might have been and spend that energy wondering what will be. Six years after the injury, the decisions made are evident. Financially the income is still less but much improved from the cashier position. Work is more enjoyable and personal and professional ties have grown. The satisfaction from completing college, even just the AAS degree has been fulfilling and worth the path to get there. Going back and making different decisions would have changed some things and since things are, better those decisions lead in the right direction. Be careful what influences your decisions because they stay with a person forever.

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