Anarchy

Is it better to have just one option or a lot? With one, there's a 50-50 chance you'll make the right choice. With a lot, the percentage is slimmer. With one, you get to focus on just two things - do it or not do it. With a lot, the dibs are endless. So which is which? Would you rather have just one thing to ponder on or a variety of things wherein you could carefully weigh the benefits from the misfortune? Whoever said that free will was man's greatest gift? I dare to oppose. It is a gift but not the greatest. Making a decision is one of the most Herculean phenomena that a mortal has to live with. You could just never go by without deciding on anything. What to eat. What to wear. What time to get up from bed. What to drink. What to do on your birthday. EVERYTHING. But that's the easy part. When you reach a certain phase in your life when every decision would impact you and the people around and/or with you, you come to a screeching halt. Now comes the essence of time. Compulsion and adjudication is usually, if not always, not a good combination. It's such a disconcerting thought to decide on something life-changing and you, being the sole decision-maker, would have to own up to it - perks and downfalls altogether. What if it doesn't go the way you planned and hoped it to be? You'd have nobody else to blame but yourself. If you had others calling the shots for you, at the very least, you'd have to somebody to blame if things don't turn out well. So what do we do now? You decide.