Options

04 Jan 2011

Why do people feel desparate when they are not given options and yet feel uneasy when they have many choices to choose from?

Would you prefer a life which is as simple as 1+1=2 than a+b=2 with many possible values to fill in a and b?

I guess the biggest challenge here is you have made a decision and then before you can execute it, another option comes in. And this option seems to be so powerful that even you do not pick it, it can still disrupt the execution of your initial decision.

If you have troubles in deciding, most likely each of them would require you to sacrifice differently and give you something different in return. If you are a greedy person who hopes to maximize the return with minimum losses, this may make you suffer even more. Why not just stick to the initial plan since you have no clue how to decide once again? :)