Q: Research has shown that, on average, we do this over 30,000 times a day. What are we doing?
A: Making decisions.
Make 35,000 Better Decisions Each Day
Various internet sources estimate that an adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day [in contrast a child makes about 3,000] (Sahakian & Labuzetta, 2013). This number may sound absurd, but in fact, we make 226.7 decisions each day on just food alone according to researchers at Cornell University (Wansink and Sobal, 2007). As your level of responsibility increases, so does the smorgasbord of choices you are faced with.
You and I have been given a free-will and a multitude of choices in life about:
what to eat
what to wear
what to purchase
what we believe
what jobs and career choices we will pursue
Etc.
Each choice carries certain consequences – good and bad. This ability to choose is an incredible and exciting power that we have each been entrusted with by our Creator and for which we have an obligation to be good stewards of.
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