Some people love variety. They want options. They have a hard time choosing something because they want it all. They can’t make decisions because they feel deciding is limiting. They avoid making decisions because they are fearful it won’t be satisfying, and they will regret the decision. So they don’t make any decisions and miss out entirely.
That’s sad.
If you suffer from FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out, it might be hard to make a final decision. You don’t have to fear that making a decision will limit you. You can make plans to change your mind, include variety, and limit your commitments which expands your choices!
Here’s how:
Make changing your mind part of the plan: If you fear making a decision because you may regret it, simply make changing your mind part of the plan. Empower yourself to switch things up, make a change, or go in a new direction. You don’t have to feel bad if you love variety – make it part of the solution.
Some examples are: change up the paint color on your walls. Swap out items in your wardrobe for updated looks. Find accent pieces for your home that are easily swapped out when you change your mind.
Build variety into the decision: It’s perfectly fine to build variety into your decisions. If you and those impacted by your choices know that you want variety and may change things up, they won’t be surprised when you do. That can make changing your mind normalized and easier on everyone.
Make short-term commitments with change in mind. There are many ways to make a short-term commitment which allows change to be part of the process. From leasing a car to renting your clothes, there are many ways to embrace change and make it fun.
Note: People panic about making decisions because they fear regretting the expense or time it took to acquire or complete a project. If you love change, you can make smaller investments that allow for change. If you know that you are likely to change your mind, get bored, or want to change things up, simply invest less and you won’t lose your investment when you are ready for change.
You needn’t fear making a decision, even if you know you won’t stick with it. Making change part of the process is the key to having your cake one minute and eat your pie the next. Change is a good thing!
