Have you ever come back from a shopping trip and tried to carry all your bags into the house in one go?
My partner, Kev, is much worse (or better) than me at this.
If we’re together, he’ll get me to hang the bags off any of his available body parts and he’ll stagger into the house, veins bursting out of his eyeballs, like he’s taking part in Britain’s Strongest Man.
“And here is the reigning champion of the Bag-Carry, Kev Whitehouse, levelling up from his previous 24-bag round with the addition of Un-Bagged Soft Drinks - he’s jamming a 12 pack of Diet Coke under his left armpit, putting him severely off-balance and it’s digging sharply into his side. This will really test his core strength and it actually hurts me to watch this - the level of pain this man can endure is second to none!”
I must admit, there is something oddly satisfying about getting everything into the house in one go, but it’s entirely unnecessary.
I was reminded of this when I was coaching a couple of clients last week who both felt weighed down by the number of big decisions on their minds.
Things like were they in the right relationship, the right career, the right house, did they have enough children, should they move to another country?
Were they on the right bloody planet, even? (Elon’s a challenging client at times…)
Carrying all those decisions around at once and trying to get on with their lives was like Kev trying to get on with his day whilst permanently carrying around the weekly grocery shop.
It’s just too much to deal with all at once.
If you ever feel like that (and we all do at times!) then you need to look at what you’re carrying and decide which bags you want to put down for a while, because they don’t all need carrying at once.
The decisions will still be there in a week, month or year and you’ll have more energy and mental capacity for good judgement if you tackle them one by one.
By the way, if you want to see a personalised report that measures your capacity for good judgement, then book a Judgement Index assessment with me.
I have a few slots available in the next few weeks, but my diary fills up fast so get in quick if you’re interested.