Whenever I'm struggling to decide on a video game to play, I find myself scrolling up and down my library repeatedly and picking at the flaws in everything I see. I'm not sure if it's a pessimistic habit or simply how we perform a process of elimination as humans, but I've found success in "just picking one". To be more specific, it's like flipping a coin when you have two options. Often, even if you were previously undecided, you'll suddenly have chosen what you want.

What I do when I say "just picking one", is I go to my favourites list and start one at random in the list. Almost every time, I'll know if I actually wanted to play that genre or not, even on occasion knowing exactly what I DO want to do. I'm not sure where I read or saw this, but this falls alongside the concept of flipping a coin and realizing which side you really want to see.

It makes me curious if indecision like this is a kind of luxury. Many people don't have enough in their day-to-day to have "too many options". On the same hand comes a lot of other downsides if that is true, though. Complaining could be considered a luxury to some, though I think that may generally be older generations who claim that sort of thing.

On the other hand, one could claim complaining is a part of life, and having too little in the day-to-day to have to make complex decisions is user error. I'm not sure I stand on either side - there are populations that struggle, and populations that "struggle". Even within a single city there can be massive divides in that area.

This all sort of rounds back to my original thought of indecision. Being indecisive can make you agonize between two choices for far longer than you realistically should ever need to - even simple things like "what should I eat". It makes me wonder if bringing a coin around everywhere could solve a lot of this-or-that choices... after all, your mind will end up telling you what you really want before the coin has even landed.