Making a good decision
I've been on a quest for the perfect sleeping bag and tent.
Like any product or service, I had to consider qualities in different areas and decide what's most important to me. I could buy the lightest one person tent out there, which would cost over $400. If I'm willing to buy one that weighs just under a pound more I could spend as little as $90. Would I be comfortable every night in that $90 tent? Not really.
After a few hours of research I decided I liked a particular tent, as shaving extra weight tends to cause the price to skyrocket. Then I picked a sleeping bag on a new set of criteria. Done.
In the end, I stayed away from the latest and greatest ultralight gear while finding some fantastic items. I go camping a handful of times each year, with just once or twice being times when weight matters.
At the end of all this, I realize this is who I am and this is not what the world is.
I spend a lot of time doing my research, figuring out what's most important to me, and weighing my options. Not too much time, enough to know I'm making a solid decision.
How deep do you think about things you choose to purchase, or go out and do?
More important: how deep do you think about major aspects of life?
That's what I think the world needs more of. More people thinking about why and less following along what everyone else does. More people figuring things out for themselves.
Sometime I have this bad habit of researching an item so much that I put myself into a blocking situation. There become just TOO many options for what I would like. Sometimes I get hung up on getting the best, even though I have hard time sometimes specifying why it is the best. Other times, I learn so much about the object in question, that I can't make a decision and forget about it for awhile. Shrug.
Tomorrow's post will focus more on making good decisions without taking forever to do so. I think you'll like that one, Adam.
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