I remember reading a long time ago that there are two ways of making decisions. One is to think things through and come to a reasoned decision. The other is to "discover" the decision. The book proposed that people tended to favor one method or the other.
Actually, I seem to do it both ways, but the discovered decisions interest me more. I come across these "discovered" decisions several ways. A main one is to reorganize stuff - books and file folders, computer files, clothes, etc. In the process of sorting through things, discarding some, putting others in news places - I end up realizing that my direction has shifted. The books on my "most important" shelf may be on a new topic. All the books on a certain approach to diet or health may now be in the giveaway pile. I've thrown out all the files on a certain topic.
Maybe I trust these decisions more than the consciously thought through ones, because they come from a deeper level of my being. They may seem shallower because they're more spontaneous, even impulsive. Yet my ambitions, my rules, my fears, all the factors that can skew a conscious decision, seem to have less play. Of course, I may not be paying attention to important facts, either. Still, on the whole, I find these discovered decisions more trustworthy.
I didn't fully realize this till I started writing this entry. If you're reading this and not doing a weblog of your own, I hope you'll consider it. There's something about it that's different from a private journal, that leads to new discoveries.
1:26:24 PM 
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