Think about a time in your life when you had to make a big decision. what factors did you consider when making your decision? looking back, do you think that you made the right decision? do you have any regrets about it?

depends what are you doing contemporary. decision are affected by numerous factor, like time, circumstances, family background, peer pressure, ambition, poverty, social status etc. specifically, in my case i look into the bigger picture of how the job i am going to select will serve my ambition along with my family and clan needs. similarly, am i of a little help to humanity or am i contributing something positive for the society, if the answer is yes, then i wont look back over the decision i made. as mentioned above those factors were kept in mind while choosing or making the decision. however, if things does not go as, i or you planned then the lesson is learnt of not going to make same mistakes again.

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards