decisiveness (40/100 mini 📝) - by Spencer Chang
As I've gotten older I feel like I've gotten less decisive. When I was a kid, I was super picky about the foods I liked and didn't like, to the point of refusing to eat if the meal wasn't in my sanctioned list of meals. In my free time, I dedicated myself fully to video games. It was like routine: finish homework, log on and grind the skills. There was a competitive drive to climb the ranks, pick up on the meta game, and hone the finer mechanics. My life fit into a neat schedule, where each commitment received its proper amount of time.
As I've gotten older I feel like I've gotten less decisive. When I was a kid, I was super picky about the foods I liked and didn't like, to the point of refusing to eat if the meal wasn't in my sanctioned list of meals. In my free time, I dedicated myself fully to video games. It was like routine: finish homework, log on and grind the skills. There was a competitive drive to climb the ranks, pick up on the meta game, and hone the finer mechanics. My life fit into a neat schedule, where each commitment received its proper amount of time. As I've gotten older, I've become more uncertain in…
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