Stress From Too Many Choices ?
April 11, 2008 2:40 pm StressWe generally think of choices as good, as a way to assert our independence and our free will, it’s about making a statement. While this is certainly true, when are choices just too many? Sometimes I just want Vanilla.
Too many choices can be stressful, even overwhelming and lead to no real choice. Sometimes choices made to assert ourselves can be less then free. Often we believe we need to exercise our “free will” just to prove we have it. Think of the teenager (or adult child !) who does the opposite of what her parent does, even though this may not be what she really wants to do. It appears that a choice that is made just to prove something, is really a restriction on free will.
Many of us don’t realize how overwhelmed we can become with choices. After a hard day at work, with critical and sometime life threatening decisions and choices, I simply can’t decide what to have for dinner, and I don’t, I let somebody else decide.
Read this thought provoking blog about choices, and occasionally let someone else make the choice.
