Limbo, Indecisiveness

I appreciate all of your prior comments about my posts. I like thinking about some of these things and I like hearing other viewpoints. I would like to write about indecision or being indecisive. I think we usually think indecisiveness is a bad thing, but it can sometimes be good.

Indecision is good under various circumstances. Here are some reasons why it might be good to not make a big decision:

* A personal is very emotional about something important, and the emotion is preventing them from thinking clearly. Hormones may fit in this category.
* A person is confused and the decision at hand is important.
* One possible decision is difficult to reverse or it precludes other future options (and the decision is critical).

Indecisiveness is not ideal under many situations as well. Some examples include:

* The indecision is due to procrastination.
* The indecision is due to laziness.
* The choices at hand really don’t matter.
* The only choices at hand are equally good.

Indecisiveness always prevents progress. If a person has a good reason to be indecisive (like the examples above), then I think being indecisive or being in limbo is okay for the time being. I would recommend to such people that they should work to remove the barriers that cause the indecisiveness (such as the confusion, extreme emotion, etc.). I would also say that indefinite indecision is not a good thing. Indecisiveness should be eliminated under the “less than ideal” situations I described above.

Obviously, these are general thoughts and guidelines. There are always exceptions related to specific situations (i.e., your house is on fire and you have to make quick decisions despite the emotion).