Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Choices

What do you do when you are faced with too many choices? It seems like the perfect scenario, but in reality it can be crippling. Concerned you may make a mistake; calculating the best path to take; contemplating the endless possibilities, and all of this immersing you in cement. Instead of contributing to creativity, too many choices can stifle it.

So what do you do? Consider the possibilities, but then commit. Commit to an idea, a principle, a philosophy and work with it. Finally follow it with the conviction that it was the correct choice.

These are the things that help us grow.

It is a matter of committing to your choice.

11 comments:

  1. I struggle with this often, as I'm sure you've heard me ramble about in chat before. I have a hard time because I have so many ideas. The one nuisance writing group I'm in, the leader is always posting about how to find more ideas but I'm like "stop!" I don't need any more ideas. I think I have mostly committed to the novels I have done and am currently writing but that's hard to follow through on cause I'm always wondering "is this book the one" and I never have a solid answer.

    Great post.

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  2. Thanks Dawn, as you know I also suffer from this malady. Look how much trouble I had committing to a word for C.

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  3. That is good advice. Committing to a choice is essential. I need to remember that. Thanks for posting.

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  4. Choices can always be so conflicting at times. It is good advice to stay focus and committed to the one you chose and not give way to the influences that would draw you away from your decision. Which sometimes can be the what ifs of our own. Love what you did with the letter C great job.
    Blessings

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth. I was having a tough time deciding which word to pursue, and then it hit me.

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  5. Incredibly insightful post! I think people often allow themselves to feel stuck by having "no choice," but too many can cause just as much a feeling of "stuck." You're right-- its all about commitment.

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    1. You are right, and often when we thing we have "no choice", it is really that we have not explored our options, or we are not willing to act bravely with thought and determination. Thank you for stopping by.

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  6. I definitely suffer from having too many choices - I am a flitter but not very good at committing to any one of them properly, hence my reluctance to actually start writing the novel I've been planning in favour of writing lots of short stories! A great post - food for thought! LindaK visiting from the A-Z :-)

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    1. Between you and me, and well, I guess anyone else who reads this now, I wrote that directly because of my tendency to leave the novel to one side, and flitting about with short stories. I preach hoping I will practice.

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  7. Inspiring post and very true. Too many choices tend to overwhelm us at times. Ordinary things like putting food on the table can become huge dilemmas. It's hard enough to buy toothpaste anymore, let alone purchase dinner ingredients and figure out how to cook them...or better yet eat out and get everyone to agree on which cuisine and choose the same restaurant. This is merely my observation. Truth be told, I'm rather fond of choices, because they make my life more interesting, especially when I choose the wrong thing. Happy Wednesday to you!

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    1. Choices are good, as long as we make the choice, and our best learning experiences come from those wrong choices. That is, if we are committed to learning from them. Thanks for dropping by, and hope your Wednesday has been a good one.

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts.