Making Choices is Important. Life Lesson No. 2 How many times have you heard people say if they had it all to do over again, they would. . . do whatever it is they would do differently? What they really mean is that somewhere along the way, they made some bad choices! So, I’m thinking choices must be pretty important if bad ones produce regrets. Many people are in bad health because they made choices to live unhealthy life styles. Some people are in jail because they made choices to break laws. Others live disappointing lives because they made careless choices about work ethic, education, finances, and relationships. Listen. Life is a series of choices. Even the little ones are important and worthy of your careful consideration.