I recently read a blog post about simplifying your life, specifically freeing your brain from trivial decision making. The advice given was, for example, to eat the same thing all the time and wear the same thing everyday so that you don't have to burden yourself with relatively unimportant questions like "what's for dinner?" and "what am I going to wear today?".
It reminded me of my grandparents. They ate the same thing and dressed the same way every single day of the week except on Sundays. They always bought the same tried-and-true brands. They never tried new recipes. They did not follow fashion trends. In other words, they found something that worked well enough for them and just stuck with it. They did not waste time and energy trying to constantly find better or the best of anything.
We live in a world where we have the luxury to face many more choices than they did. It seems like we are always looking for newer and better recipes, coffees, wines, restaurants, gadgets, etc... I sometimes find the choices overwhelming and the endless decision-making process tiresome.
What about you? Do you enjoy trying new things all the time, or are you happy to stick with the tried-and-true?
It reminded me of my grandparents. They ate the same thing and dressed the same way every single day of the week except on Sundays. They always bought the same tried-and-true brands. They never tried new recipes. They did not follow fashion trends. In other words, they found something that worked well enough for them and just stuck with it. They did not waste time and energy trying to constantly find better or the best of anything.
We live in a world where we have the luxury to face many more choices than they did. It seems like we are always looking for newer and better recipes, coffees, wines, restaurants, gadgets, etc... I sometimes find the choices overwhelming and the endless decision-making process tiresome.
What about you? Do you enjoy trying new things all the time, or are you happy to stick with the tried-and-true?