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Too much unnecessary torment and anxiety resulted from waking up and the morning and asking "What watch am I going to wear today?" A question that could not be answered quickly but took several revisions and which never felt right, like picking an ice cream flavor out of 100 and being convinced that you picked the wrong one. So my collection is down to 11.
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Maybe its a psychological self-protection mechanism, sort of like guilt or shame. Of course the problem is when we hang onto such emotional responses after they've served their purpose (e.g. PTSD).
My version of Watch Rotation Anxiety was/is a bit different. I felt more of a sense of every watch feeling like a B+...good, but not The One. On occasion I've swapped my watch a few times in the morning before settling on one, then swapped one out in the afternoon.
Or maybe that is similar to your anxiety?
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 04, 2013 at 02:53 PM
Let chance bear the burden of decision-making; two dice, number watches one through eleven, twelve rolls again..
(But we know you're going to wear the Tuna..)
Posted by: StarHalo | October 04, 2013 at 03:09 PM
StarHalo's idea is a good one, but I would suggest a twist on it.
It's a trick I use all the time when I'm faced by a decision that seems evenly split. I assign one outcome to each side of a coin- heads I buy the couch, tails I buy the recliner, say- and toss it, telling myself I will go by whatever the coin says.
Here's the trick- if the coin comes up heads, and I feel a surge of disappointment, I disobey the coin.
The trick is, the coin toss is just a way to figure out what I really, really wanted, deep down inside. Works every time. And if I really AM as indifferent to the decision as I thought I was before I tossed the coin, either decision is good enough.
Posted by: Bill | October 04, 2013 at 04:12 PM
Interesting point, Bill. It reminds me of some of the justification behind divination systems like Tarot or the I Ching. They "work" not because they reveal some metaphysical truth, but because the help you reveal what you actually think and feel about an issue.
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 04, 2013 at 05:48 PM