Straight Shooter (from another angle)
I'm gradually changing my approach to decision-making. I use to look for the best option. I would weight every aspect of a decision twice or thrice before testing my opinion on a decision. It would create long decision-making periods, anxiety and doubt. You should have seen me picking a computer - thank God, I'm limited to a single supplier.
But now, I try to settle more quickly with a choice that satisfies me. I no longer look for "the best", I look for "good enough". I make quicker decision and I'm generally happy with them. I go on with my life and enjoy the choice I made. It means less anxiety and the pleasure that I miss, I'm unaware of it since I don't know all the options. But won't it always be the case anyway?
This article in The Guardian seems to suggest that I'm right.
3 Comments:
I didn't know whether to have a panic attack or laugh ... although perhaps I should view my illegal in-process state as a freedom from choice ... lack of funds equals a huge lack of freedom etc ...
hmmm no, this state makes me sadder than choosing which new laptop I'd buy if I could ...
You better make a quick choice: panic or laugh!
Lol, no ... or perhaps I'll do both.
I think it was Katharine Mansfield (famous NZ writer, a Modernist) who wrote: 'It is because you are free you are lost'.
Hmmm, perhaps I should have just pretended I wasn't sure where that came from ... she might have been quoting someone else.
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