The seemingly infinite amount of choices these days can lead to a feeling of being overwhelmed when attempting decision making. If this is the case for you I find establishing personal priorities often aids decision making.
For example if you had to travel to the airport for a flight there are a number of options available to you:
If you had a vehicle you could drive.
You could get a taxi
You could get a bus
You could walk
You could cycle
So there’s five options there, now let’s add in the priorities.
If your priority was to spend the least amount of money, then you’ll have to sacrifice time as you walk or cycle to the airport.
If your priority was to spend the least time travelling, then you’ll have to spend a bit extra as you travel by car to the airport.
Once you’ve established your priority and narrowed down your options you can actually add in a secondary priority.
For example having the priority of time gives you the options of driving yourself or getting a taxi. Now between these two you can decide based on your secondary priority of cost. The return taxi prices cost $30-40 whether as the leaving your car at the airport for the duration of your trip will cost $25 and there you go you have your answer.
Knowing and clarifying your priorities can greatly help your decision making.
Thomas Duggan 