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I Think, I Thunk: Less decisions more comfort

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Back to when I came to Germany: I felt two strong emotions when making decisions. I felt grateful for all those decisions that my parents made on behalf of me. 'What to cook for breakfast, lunch and dinner' for starters (LOL- self laughing at my pun). Then there comes 'What to wear today?' - the biggest decision of all (a reason for me to be jealous of the man who lives with me). Do you know that our unconscious mind processes about 11 million pieces of information per second, while our conscious mind can only handle 40 pieces per second? That surprised me too!! With all this information, an average human's brain also makes around 35000 conscious decisions in a day (Woah!) My day starts with 'When should I wake up?', 'Which bus/train to take?', 'What to pack for lunch?', 'What to wear?', 'Which lipstick to apply?', 'Hairstyle?', 'Handbag?', 'Shoes/boots?', 'Keys/No Keys?', 'Jacket?', ...