I stare blankly at the page after being asked by my university lecturer to write about anything I want. The time is ticking away. The white page in front of me is still empty. Echoing in my ear is the memorable sound of friends who will say, you choose what takeaway food to order or what should we do today? The instinctive heavy sigh resembles the same one as I am asked to write about anything, pick anything. It simply is, yet another decision I must make.
Although I do believe in the value of a person's opinion and judgement and the social etiquette of asking a person for their preference? Or a sprinkle of cynicism would say that maybe it's easier to pass off having to make another decision.
What if you just don’t know what you want? And frankly, you do not care nor mind. A thousand daily micro-choices, what outfit to wear out, what design of notebook to chose, which type of plant-based milk to drink? They say 'variety is the spice of life' but sometimes variety is the bane of life.
I can’t quite tell if this is writer’s block or the impending doom of having to decide exactly what I want to write about. So, here I am, an indecisive person, writing about being indecisive, or did that just make me decisive? No, I am still here debating what sandwich to eat for lunch and I know that tonight will consist of flicking through the film categories, trying my hardest to just choose something. Yet again, I end up staring blankly at the screen, re-evaluating my life choices and the reasons as to why it is so difficult to make a decision and stick to it. No wonder why the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg wears the same coloured t-shirt everyday…
In the words of Shakespeare, 'to be or not to be'. One may say, to chose or not to chose. A choice could be seen as temperamental as the weather and the ever-changing days that falls peacefully into new seasons. Yet why are decisions at the centre of our lives. Although, after thinking and batting between choices, when the right choice is made, one cannot help but smile. Perhaps I nor you cannot always make the right choice, however what is more certain is that this was the right choice at the time.
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