There are just too many options.
When I first think about decisions, I think about my parents.
Growing up, they have told me all different kinds of stories based on their limited choices and options. Their life was not filled with physical objects and food.
THEY ALSO HAD A LOT LESS STRESS.
They didn’t have money and food, but a lot of family members and relatives.
My mom had many siblings, and was a big family. With the limited of food such as rice and sometimes potatoes, the family members were always fighting for food. They would be out all day trying to make as much of their day, but it wasn’t a 9–5 job or a working from home situation.
They were probably out all day…like not in another building…
My mom is different from maybe other families. Everyone comes from a different background. But my parents were neighbors and started out with nothing. They made a decision to come to America and try to find more opportunities.
The beginning of their process in making money in the United States didn’t require much. They found a job and worked. But as they had children and needed a car, a house, more and more money… the pile of decisions started to arise.
They had to make choices about the children’s futures, the housing situation, and the busy schedule…the starting of a family business, the possibilities of college tuitions…new clothes instead of thrifted clothes…
It was a lot. When we had nothing, we didn’t have anything that we could make a choice for. We just had to stick with that one plan and option… but with more wealth and more money... gosh more and more options and headaches.
Wealth is good, but it does add a lot to your life and changes everything.
In our household, we could eat certain foods (with more nutrients and healthier choices), we could go to a better school, and we didn’t all have to live in an apartment with no privacy for each individual.
For me, whenever I am outside I have a problem with the simplest things. And then when I am out with friends too its crazy we can never decide!!!
Not saying wealth is bad, but when you are on a different level, you also have more on your plate.
When I was in college too, we could never decide where we were going to eat. We would all text our choices or we would make someone else choose. It was like, “I am okay with anything… I’m not craving anything in particular…What do you guys want…”
OMG! Making a decision took forever. Our opinions weren’t always honest either. There were more factors we have to take in. WE couldn’t be selfish. WE had to be polite and “nice”. WE all were different.
So yess this part drove me insane. AND I was part of the problem. But sometimes I seriously couldn't make a choice. AND others may have been on the same boat. We have no preference.
I think sometimes that life is so complicated because of all the decisions and choices that we have to make.
When we go to a different place without our phones (which always seems to be a good idea until it actually happens), we have less things and distractions. But then our lifestyle is so heavily reliant on technology that we can’t not have it. It’s confusing.
The more you bring to the table, the bigger the headache gets.
I have always been a supporter of minimalism, and I believe right now that would be so useful. If I didn’t have ten frozen meals in my fridge, then I wouldn’t need to contemplate for 5 minutes before I choose.
The opportunities, the advances (in technology), and the factors all have their significance and importance, but we can’t say goodbye to them. We also need them, but what can we do to stop our craziness?
There are many options today… with food we can choose organic or not. We can choose sandals or flip flops. We can choose tea or coffee.
If we were minimalistic or not as wealthy, we just live with what we have?!
But what if we don’t want that in life (i’m sure a lot of people have a goal of being rich)…
We can plan ahead, and listen to ourselves. We can voice out our opinions. We can cut back on the unnecessary things and objects.
But then again, it’s never that easy.
Think about the next time you make a choice, does it take too long? Is there anything that can be done to cut out that extra “thinking” time to find the perfect and quickest answer?
Then again do we need to be so fast-paced in an already fast-paced society?
