Naw, You Tell Me

I like this youtube vid. So you have 1000 choices. Make one. Quickly. Make sure it's the best one. Can't huh. Tell ya what, 999 of them are invalid. Go on, make your choice again.

The key to satisfaction is having low expectations. I really can't disagree with a view like this. Sure, it seems hilarious at first, given how we're trained to always seek out the very best of the best. Then again, perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. By definition, the very best you can possibly choose would likely be...well...flawed in some way.

The problem here, is choice, again. In the absence of choice of some sort (perhaps by extenuating circumstances or a lack of awareness of options) will make it easier to make that choice. Easy enough. However, let some time pass and provide some superior options that can't be made because the first choice had already been made. Outcome? It is highly likely that satisfaction will be reduced as a result.

What went wrong? The first choice was the best given the circumstances. In the absence of any other choices becoming available in the near future, it was actually rather satisfactory and would have remained so. Strange...