Shopping for choice

I once made a comment that "Every Choice comes with a Price".

Then I realized that people tend to take words literally, even myself. So I decided to delve a little further into this sentence.

Choice is pretty simple right? Given Choices A, B and C, it is about doing A, B or C, doing nothing, or doing a combination of A, B and C and even picking D. Wait a minute? Where did D come from? Ah... that's there due to the whims of Fate. You see, that's how Choices in real life are. They are not static. New ones may appear, and old ones may dissapear as time progresses. Adding to the complication, the attractiveness or suitability of a Choice varies from person to person, from place to place, from time to time, and etc.

And then there are the Sub-Choices. They are choices that you can only make after going with the first choice. And these have their own Sub-Sub-Choices. (A lot of which are not apparent, and may appear/dissapear within the blink of an eye)


Hypothetical Example:
Sub Choice

Choice A - Go to Zouk
Drink
Dance
Flirt
etc.

Choice B - Go to Union Square
Drink
Dance (Latin)
Watch
etc.

Choice C - Go Home
Drink
Watch TV
Play MMORPG
Read/Write Blogs/Forums
etc.

Let's see a scenario on how some of the factors affect the Choice.
Person: Mr Anon. likes to dance, so Choice C is less attractive.
Place: Mr Anon. likes Latin dance, but is not too good at it yet, still, Choice B is more attractive.
Time: However, today is Monday, so Choices A and B are less attractive (assuming Mr Anon. is working).
As Mr Anon. is muling his options, he received an SMS.
X Factor - Miss S. is going to be at Union Square: Choice B has gotten a lot more attractive.

Now... can Mr Anon afford the price of Choice B? (I'll talk about prices later :D)

Person: Mr Blur likes to drink, so Choices A, B, C are currently equally attractive.
Place: Mr Blur don't really care where it is as long as he can drink, but he has some friends going down to Zouk today.
Time: It is the end of the month, so Mr Blur is short on cash. Choices involving going out has become less attractive.
X-Factor - He remembered that he might have a bottle of Jack Daniels at home.

Here Mr Blur has decided to pick Choice C, and as his current main concern is about drinking, he's not really thinking about the other Sub-Choices that is available with Choices A and B.

It is interesting to note that some people will pick a Choice, then worry about the Sub-Choice later, and some people Pick the Choice because of the Sub-Choice that's only available (or more suitable) to that Choice. I don't think I will go to the Sub-Sub-Choice, it is already convoluted enough as it is.

You'd think that the human brain would be overloaded if it really had to go through all these options carefully. Hurray to selective amnesia, and habit.