Would You Be Interested in À la carte or a Buffet?

A lot of choices are not bad, but they might help you become a better version of yourself.

Nishith Goyal
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readMar 14, 2021

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Imagine yourself on a vacation — visit the dining area of the luxury resort you are staying in — now head towards the a la carte menu and then take a round of the all-you-can-eat on offer.

Invariably the variety of food available in the buffet section pulls you.

Whether you relish just a few of these dishes is not the point, the point is “Choice.”

When you have choices, they attract us.

I was going through an article on BBC on motivation during the pandemic and why people are finding it tough to keep themselves motivated. With a limited place at home, away from friends & family, bored of binge-watching, life got tough for most of us.

The article triggered a question —

“How am I keeping myself motivated the majority of this time?”

(It looks like I am bragging, but let me come to the point)

That’s when it struck me that maybe a buffet of activities and hobbies is making all the difference.

I might not be proficient in any one of them, but when I need the motivation, my mind race pasts…

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Nishith Goyal
ILLUMINATION

Author of two books, Creator - Be Better Bit-By-Bit, Long-distance runner, diarist, Podcaster. Writes about Journaling, Self, and Positive Impact.