E8#116: Options & Choices in Life

Today I am supposed to talk about whether having lots of choices and options for different activities to occupy free time is good or bad. I think it really depends on how much free time you have, as well as the length of the things that you want to do. If enough time to complete all of them, than I don’t have to chose which ones to do and which ones not to do. For me personally, I really only have a few things to occupy my time when I’m not wasting it on school. Those things are basically as follows: I can play video games (either Zelda, Smash Bros, or Minecraft at the moment); I can edit one of my YouTube videos; I can 3D model or print something; call one of my few friends if they are available; or, if the weather is nice, I can just hang out outside. That’s really all I have to occupy free time if I don’t have something special planned like an overnight, youth group, or something like fixing the go-kart. I don’t have a lot of free time because I have to waste it all on schoolwork, so just having those few things is just enough to fill it all up if I didn’t have screen time limits (hint hint). I think if I had very many more choices outside of special plans, I’d probably be overwhelmed with all those choices; however, if I had a lot more free time, then I’d probably get bored and want more choices. There is a balance that has to be maintained. I think it is possible to have to many choices, but there is no specific number that is “too much”. It is all relative to the amount of time that you have to spend, and it also depends on how much passion that you have for each individual thing. I’m sure that there are some things that you could do for hours on end without getting bored, and so, in that case, you wouldn’t need to have as many choices, because one or two can take care of all your time.