- What are your primary considerations as you decide what to wear on a typical day? Weather and where I’m going. How much do I want to prioritize function and how much do I want to prioritize style or combine the two?
- When did you have to select one person over others, much to others’ disappointment? At the beginning of the year, my workplace had a pretty brutal round of layoffs, and a team of four of us in charge of some small-scale work on tight deadlines was whacked in half. The two of us left were asked to choose two people to replace the ones who had been fired. I don’t know that others in the department knew the choice was up to us or that anyone was disappointed, but I would imagine that some people would welcome the added responsibility.
- When have you recently chosen the least unpleasant of unpleasant options? Does strategically scheduling my COVID booster count? I had a rough reaction to my second dose and am counting on the booster being similar, so when I scheduled it, I assumed I’d need a day in bed.
- In a bookstore, in a restaurant, in a gift shop, or wherever, how do you feel about having lots and lots and lots of choices? With books specifically, I’m kind of over browsing–I think it’s a byproduct of having stacked shelves, a large to-read list, and very little discernment with my library picks. I don’t mind having lots of options because lately, I’m usually zeroing in on something. With other types of shopping, I don’t mind it so much, and restaurant menus can depend. I don’t want to feel like I’ll die before I get to try everything, but I don’t want to be limited to the same few dishes very single time, especially as a vegetarian.
- What are some things you wish you didn’t have to make choices regularly about? This is such a meme-y, millennial thing to say, but what to eat every day! If I ever get rich, the first thing I’m doing is hiring a private chef.
From Friday 5.
Little Janelle 
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