Choices

Choices. 

How are you with choices?  At first glance having many choices may seem like a good thing. After all, doesn't it make sense that with many choices you have a better chance of being satisfied? 

However, the funny thing is it generally is not the case. In fact having too many choices might just result in "analysis paralysis." In other words, you can't make a choice because you keep thinking something else better might appear, and if you've already chosen one thing then you might miss out on something you'd like better. 

Rolf Dobelli, author of The Art of Thinking Clearly puts it this way, "The more choices you have, the more unsure and therefore dissatisfied you are afterward." 

Years ago when we were having our first house built we literally had to choose everything. Every light fixture, every knob, wallpaper, brick, carpet color, entryway tile, and the laminate color for the counters. It was overwhelming, and what might have been an enjoyable task became a burden. 

Our next house only presented us with a few choices, and best of all our last house with no real choices at all. Luckily, I liked what I saw. Now, I suppose if interior design is your love a fully customized home is a dream come true. 

But for many of us we do better only having a limited number of choices. It is then that we come to the realization that "good enough" is fine. So don't fall victim to too many choices.