25 December 2022
With limited employment opportunities at home in the Solomon Islands volunteering for seasonal work opportunities in Australia and New Zealand must have been difficult decision for the over 5000 Solomon Islanders to have to make, leaving behind loved ones, parents, siblings, children, and friends, and I expect thoughts of home are much in mind this Christmas,
Last week I read a piece in a local newspaper that told of the large increase in foreign earnings now being remitted back to the Solomon Islands by the offshore workers, money presumably for their families.
I regarded this as good news, but still ponder the fact that to have to leave home to get work and help their families must have been a difficult choice to have made, and some thoughts on decision-making are worth sharing, and I quote just a few reflections
How do you know what to commit to in your life, or what choices to make? What interest, job, or task do you choose? There are so many options. How do you know how to make the right choice? What does choosing “right” even mean? Options and choices can lead to feelings that overwhelm and confusion. Feeling confused, in turn, can lead to stagnation because of indecision. People say they are so nervous about making the wrong choice, they’re making no choice. This is a problem in and of itself. When you are not making choices in life, you can’t create the flow in your life.
Given the lack of jobs in the Solomon Islands, and no matter how hard to have to leave home try to figure things out for the longer term answer to the support you and your families require
One positive choice followed by another will lead you in a positive direction. By practicing decision-making with small choices, you have already carved out a positive path to walk.
This lessens the confusion around a decision and leaves you with the control to make the best decision you know how to make at the given time
With support from Good Therapy Organisation.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
