Pace yourselves, everyone! The shopping season is in full swing. Keep a list, check it twice, do whatever it takes to stick to your plan.
I'm on the hunt for a Christmas tree this weekend, my annual tradition with my now 14-year-old daughter to the world-class tree farm up the road. There are many to choose from, but the decision needs to be made, right then and there.
Not only that, but there will be a bunch of other people doing exactly the same thing: walking the paddock and vying for the limited number of trees available. It may get competitive...
Whew. All this deciding takes effort. And willpower. Willpower is a real thing, you know, an internal energy that can ebb. We can run out of fuel.
And when we do, we try to find ways to cope. There are two basic reactions when our willpower wanes. We either put off the decision entirely, or we pull the trigger. We either procrastinate, or we just let it fly.