Decisions
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Another day, another post, comfortably seated on the outside porch
of the appartment. Yesterday I was discussing decision making. I
don't know if this happens to you but it sure does to me: as the
day goes by, my ability to take decision reduces more and more
until it's completely gone. Almost as if I had an internal variable
called `decision_count` and each time I need to take one, it
decreases. Sometimes it only decreases by one. Sometimes, it
decreases by a lot if the decision is hard. But then that variable
gets recharged everyday depending on how well rested I am. A sort
of daily budget of decisions.
I guess it explains why I'm more of a morning person. I tend to
decide things early in the day when the decision budget is still
full. Which might be a problem when lots of unplanned things come
down my day. I also realize how much habits and decision making are
linked. What's great about habits is that they remove the need to
make decisions, and to decrease that `decision_count` variable. In
the business world, that's also why processes are also thought to
bring productivity. If you can reduce your decision making to only
important decision, then you are more likely to make better
important decisions. And sometimes, there's no better decision to
make.
