Sunday, April 16, 2017

Snap Decisions...Which I Know Nothing About

About a year and a half ago there was a week long fieldtrip that was half way across the country and they were inviting anyone from the department. The day before they left I contacted the leaders of the group to say I would go, and then I went.

My first companion on my mission and I had a conversation about snap decisions and she said "You never make snap decisions." I was a little offended, of course I do. Isn't the above example a snap decision?

I think my companion was right. What I didn't say before is that I had known about the fieldtrip for maybe an entire month and I had really wanted to go but wasn't sure I should and only that last day did I finally decide to go for it.
In general I stew about decisions for a long time. During this stewing I avoid answering the question about what I have chosen, what I want to do, because (1) I don't know what I want to do and (2) I don't want to commit myself that I might not be able to follow through with. When I do finally decide I have a tendency to make it abruptly and then I am all in. When talking to my companion I had mistaken that final sudden decision for a snap decision... but it isn't really.
If I get bullied into giving an answer earlier than I feel obligated to follow through with my decision (even if it is just whether I'm going to some activity or something).
This is not necessarily an ideal way to make decisions but at least I understand it myself now. . .  I guess.

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