picture this you've had a long day and
decide to relax by watching a movie on
your favorite streaming service you
scroll through some options and watch a
trailer that looks alright but what
about this one another trailer and
another trailer 20 minutes later and you
still haven't picked something to watch
sound familiar
this common occurrence is due to
something called choice paralysis choice
paralysis is when you have trouble
making a decision because there's an
overwhelming amount of different options
to choose from maybe you've experienced
it while trying to order from a lengthy
diner menu or picking out paint colors
initially having a lot of options can
seem like a good thing there's a lot of
freedom and possibility but once you try
to make a decision the sheer amount of
choices can be exhausting sometimes to
the extent that you don't make a choice
at all this paralysis is partially
caused by the belief that's somewhere in
this abundance of options there's a
right choice we want to find the best
movie because after all our time is
valuable so we think about choosing
night bikes but there's also basketball
dog and danger cliff but what if those
aren't as good as garden cop todd Broll
mall troll or the egregious pastel lodge
and so on and so on and before we know
it we've used up a large chunk of the
valuable time that we were worried about
wasting in the first place
instead of falling down this rabbit hole
give this a try lowering your
expectations I know this may seem
counterintuitive but let's break it down
if you change your mental expectations
from I need to watch the best movie - I
want to watch a movie that's good enough
it can accomplish two things one you're
putting less pressure on yourself to
find that perfect choice and two by
setting the bar lower you're more likely
to enjoy whatever it is you do end up
choosing on top of this try limiting
your choices let's say you feel like
watching something funny instead of
looking through every comedy available
go ahead and pick out two or three
options and force yourself to choose one
of those
by giving yourself less decision space
the choice will be both less stressful
and time-consuming so the next time you
sit down to watch something and feel
choice paralysis taking over remember
that the decision itself really doesn't
hold that much weight
pick something the odds are it'll be
good enough and even if it's not the
absolute best it's probably better than
nothing at all GCF global creating
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