If you've already started, you know— choice is hard and there are some decisions that will never be easy, but there are ways to make those hard decisions a little easier on you. These ways helped us through our build and continue to help our clients if they're ever stuck. 

Here are 4 ways to help take the pain out of decision-making:

1. Cut
   Less really is more. Faced with choice overload, homeowners will feel overwhelmed, frustrated, angry and even some cases shut down entirely. No matter what these questions need to be answered. 
   
   The key to making better and easier decisions is to eliminate or cut as many options as possible. Do your research on the products or manufacturers, find out what you like and, more importantly, what you don’t like, and then narrow down your options as much as possible.

2. Organize
   If every question was thrown at you, you would freeze like a deer in the headlights. The key is to know which questions need to be answered next so you’re focusing on the first question first vs. the last. Organize your questions based on when you need the answer in your project. The best part is, we’ve done that for you so you don’t have to.

3. Simplify
   There are some things that you just know. 
   
   Tackle the easy ones first.

4. Set a Deadline
   Parkinson's Law theorizes that work expands to fill the time available for completion. So, if your Contractor gives you until 5:00 PM to make a decision, you'll take until 5:00 PM. If he gives you until 2:00 PM, you'll figure it out by 2:00 PM. 
   
   The problem is you might not be happy with it.
   
   There will always be a deadline. The house needs to get done. The key is to answer as many questions as possible early on, so that when the time comes, you either have a choice that you’ve given thought to, that you can fall back on if you hadn’t found anything else, or better yet, still love when the question comes up “Do you know what you’re going with here?” 

Use these, CUT, ORGANIZE, and SIMPLIFY, as we streamline your decision making process, working through the 21 Day Challenge, with a 1-day limit for each item.

Now get ready to shock your team when they ask you questions and you already know the answer to them! We hope you enjoy the process and how much we're going to be accomplishing here.