Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo

Something I've noticed about most of my friends, and younger women in general, is their inability to make decisions. Maybe it's not such an inability as it is a serious avoidance. Nobody wants to make anyone unhappy with their decisions and nobody wants to seem too picky or high-maintenance. I suppose I appreciate this characteristic of my friends, but when no one in a group can make a decision about where to eat or what movie to watch, it usually just leads to frustration and a bunch of annoyed girls. But, I think I found a solution.



This summer, I purchased a "Make a Decision" notepad at a gift shop in Omaha. I pledged to use it for petty and important decisions that would plague my senior year. So far, I've used it about four times...not exactly all of the decisions I've made this year BUT I think that it's been pretty handy. Recently, I made a decision of whether or not to accept an internship offer for this semester at the University of Nebraska Foundation (I did) AND I helped my roommate Amanda figure out which flowers to have in her wedding (poppies...for now anyway). My friend Sarah Santos aided me with another decision about a potential love interest and the pad was extremely helpful..kinda.
Overall, I wish my girlfriends and I were better at making decisions confidently and without fear, but the truth is, sometimes we need a little help. It would be great if we could challenge each other to grow in this particular skill, but since the invention of clever notepads, I guess we get a break for a while.
At least until we have to make a REALLY important decision.
That's what picking a tiger by the toe is for.