Decision-making

I would say I'm a decisive person, when it comes to most things: at work, about arrangements, travels, ideas, food, opinions. I usually look at a menu for around 5 seconds as I feel over-indulgent poring for longer, and I would rally against others wavering too long on a trivial decision.

However some decisions I make must be debatable as they lead to a pattern of spending time that would have the more routine-driven and conventional running away in horror.

I left work at 7.30 as stopping to exchange pleasantries with a colleague and friend led to an hour-long chat about South Sudan, kale and Maputo. Then instead of eating or exercising I did some voluntary tasks for a few hours. I finally made it to the supermarket before it closed and didn't make wise selections. I ended up scoffing a big cheese baguette close to midnight, passing out bloated without winding down and waking up at 3.30am with my contact lenses stuck to my eyelids. Still with 7-8 hours sleep it was more successful than most nights. I want to be making micro-decisions that lead to feeling more purposefully healthy, rather than what has become my normal laissez faire approach to meals, sleep and general rest.

Today in Asda there was a rare moment of indecision as the sheer number of deodorants fried my brain (which must be stuck in the very materially limited South Sudan).