To decide is to affect change.
Decisiveness requires one to act with sufficient forethought to make a decision with the best chance for success, but with willingness and readiness so as not to miss the opportunity.
Take some time to go through your closets/dressers/garage/basement and decide which items do not serve you anymore. Bring those items to a nearby donation store/drop-off point.
Bring to mind a decision that you have been wavering on and contemplate/research all options and act.
Create a plan for your week perhaps in meals, scheduling, budgeting your money, recreation, fitness, etc... See if planning and organization helps you in the area of decisiveness regarding this matter.
Lay out an outline of a plan for the year and write down some steps on how you will decide to pursue that plan.
Meditation
Daily Questions
What were the "seeds" that possibly affected your decisiveness today? Social, financial - what were they?
Think of how your day progressed - were you able to make decisions with clarity? Why or why not?
If you wavered on making a decision today, either regarding something that was for the present or for the future, what was the reason for your vascillating? Were you finally able to make the decision, or are you still up in the air?
Were you able to use prayer or meditation to help with decision making?
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Quotables
Hillel says, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?" – Avot 1:14
He who has not yet ruled over his evil inclination is like one lost along the paths [of the maze] unable to differentiate between them. – The Path of the Just, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Commit your way to Hashem, rely on Him and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness like a light, and your justice like the high noon. – Psalms 37:5-6
Align the course of your feet, and [thereby] all your ways will be corrected. – Proverbs 4:26
Generally, one must be content to rely on logic and make his determination based on probability. Moreover, one must reach his logical decisions quickly, for most situations require alacrity so that the opportune moment does not pass. – Rabbi M.M. Lefin of Satanov, Cheshbon HaNefesh