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I almost completely agree with Natalie. The simple, almost obscurely miniscule choices I make out of repetition and self-structured procedures all act as stepping stones for the greater decisions in my life. Though my choice of lunch today may not immediately affect my long term health if I continue to make a choice to choose food unwisely I could feel the effects of those long-term misfortunate choices in my overall health.

As for the election, I believe it is the civic duty of every American citizen to vote in elections for elected federal and state officials etc. However, it is a voter's choice whether or not they make informed voting decisions. If voters choice to be informed about candidates  running they can use their vote as an "opportunity of choice" in which they as well as other voters pull together in order to enact change on a LARGE SCALE. It is a choice to abstain from voting, however that choice is indicative of a distancing from the electoral process and therefore and concession of ability to dissent from an elected official's policies. To vote it to be an active enabler of change in one small entity and to hold that power as an American citizen is incredible.