Decision Making 101

Good morning,
It's a drizzly start to the day out there on the prairie.  This is okay with me, as we are WAY behind the magic eight ball in our precipitation so far this year.  We are almost a hundred inches less in our season snowfall this year.  We are also a third of the way through April and that's what we have so far for a monthly rainfall total- a third of an inch.  Such a paltry little amount.  Mother Nature can't seem to make up her mind on how she wants to rule the world.  Trust me, she's not alone.

Over the past couple or three months, I have become the Queen of Wafflers.  I seem to be unable to make a decision about a very personal dilemma that's going on in my life right now.  Back and forth, forth and back.  The waffling is at least providing me with entertainment, although I'm a bit dizzy most of the time.  I'm never bored because each day provides a fresh approach, a new attitude.  Yes, I will.  No, I won't.  I need to do this.  I need to do that.  Doing nothing obviously is doing nothing to solve the problem, but hey, it's an option.  And it's the road that I'm chosen to take, at least up to today.  I COULD change my mind.  All of this is driving me bonkers.

This morning, I decided that enough was enough.  Pretty good, huh? Did you notice?  I made a decision that I need to make a decision.  I got online and  googled "Decision Making."  Holy Mother of Ouija Boards.  There are like THOUSANDS of sites about decision making.  How in the heck am I supposed to decide which one to choose?  It's so complicated.

I sat down this morning and made a list of how I could reach a decision, based upon my history, and this is what I came up with.  At the very least, each idea spawned some action from me in the past:

• Spin the Bottle:  Wow, this is a GREAT one.  How come I haven't thought about this earlier?  This certainly used to spawn LOTS of action.

• Rabbit's Foot:  Hold on just a minute.  There's no way that I could ever do this.  No, my mind is made up on this.  I'm surprised these things ever made it past the PETA people.    

• Make a List:  This might work, one side of the paper being FOR a particular stance, the other AGAINST, with a line drawn down the middle of the paper.  Heck, I'm making a list right now.  But it is way too thought provoking.  Plus it doesn't go with the latest flow of "Decision Making by Consensus." It seems in the decision making world that reaching consensus is a real biggie. 

• Rock Paper Scissors:  After all of these years, I STILL don't get this game.  

 As you can see, I'm not very good at this, am I?  So as a last resort, I talked about my current dilemma with a trusty old friend this morning, and this is what I got as a response:

Sigh.  It's going to be yet another fun day in Eggo Land.