Tired in a group, letting the wheel decide

It’s that moment in the afternoon when the group chat is buzzing with possibilities. Everyone’s throwing out ideas for later, but my brain feels like it’s wrapped in a soft, fuzzy blanket. I just can’t pick a side.

The quiet relief of not choosing

I remember staring at my phone, the messages piling up. Should we order in or go out? Watch a movie or just hang out? My usual indecision was starting to feel heavy, like a chore I had to do.I opened the wheel app almost without thinking. It wasn’t about finding the ‘right’ answer anymore. It was about handing the question over to something else, something that didn’t care about pros and cons.

A laugh that wasn’t about the answer

I tapped the spin button. The wheel whirled with its simple ‘yes’ and ‘no’ options, a silly little digital carnival game for my tired mind. When it landed, I just laughed.It wasn’t a laugh at the result. It was the sound of a knot loosening. The debate in my head just… stopped. The wheel had decided, and that was that.There’s a strange peace in that finality. The energy I was using to weigh options suddenly became free. I could just be in the group again, instead of being the person stuck in the decision.

What the wheel decided for us

Order pizza instead of trying a new place. Put on a comfort show we’ve all seen before. Let someone else pick the music. Stay in instead of braving the evening crowd. Say ‘no’ to the ambitious plan and just be on the couch.