Verb conjugation of "choisir" in French

Many of our friends would love to do the same but do not have the courage to think outside of the box. For us it is a privilege to be able to go whenever we want. Naturally, it comes at the expense of a high salary.
If I look at dictionaries they do not give long sentences, only specific words and their meaning when they are used in a compounded form, which by the way can mean something totally different than when used by themselves.
In winter it is a great place because you can ski. In the summer I like being in Paris because it is a very empty city in summer. The people head down to the coast, to Nice, Cannes and similar.