Is it just me, or is deciding what to write harder than actually writing? I have, since my last post over a month ago, jotted down many a blog idea, started writing a couple, changed course and settled on another for a while, then thought, “Nah, I’d rather work on this other thing.” This is not the way to finish work, as is evidenced by my nearly post-free blog.

Lately I’ve been thinking I need to take my faulty decision making apparatus (see frontal lobe) out of the equation and work on the topic that fate chooses for me until it’s done and posted. My first thought was to scribble the ideas on a whiteboard, put on a blindfold, and shoot a Nerf dart at them. But that requires space and equipment, would be hard to make truly random, and might scare my human and canine cohabitators.

I then remembered that I downloaded an app called Tiny Decisions that lets you create spinning decision wheels. I’d thus far only used it for its most obvious purpose (to decide where to go for dinner). Just now I took a short break to make a new decision wheel of items from my writing idea list. I spun it. And it’s like a weight has been lifted. My next post will be about some of the online writing classes I’ve taken.

If you want to try this at home, search your app store of choice for “decision wheel.” There are a bunch out there. If deciding between decision wheels is too much to bear, try Tiny Decisions. Or if you are crafty, you could probably make a paper wheel.

Feel free to tweet your thoughts at me. And happy writing!