For example, on Netflix right now, there are so many interesting-looking series and movies that it's hard to decide what to watch next. "What if I pick the wrong one? What if I pick one and it's good, but I miss out on something better? What's my filter for deciding?"
Of course, that same indecision plagues us in many arenas of life. "I have some free time this afternoon - what do I do with it? Do I spend time with friends? Catch up on housework? Clean my room/office/garage? Spend time on a hobby? Read a book? Watch TV? Go to a movie? Write a blog post?"
And then you spend so much time trying to decide, you end up wasting the afternoon. By default you narrow your choices: "No time to do that now. What choices are left?
It's a problem that previous generations didn't really have to deal with the way we do.
It ends up being a question of priorities. But that's something we don't usually spend a lot of time thinking about.
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