Decisions and 311

For a week I had been agonizing over whether or not to get 311 tickets. From the beginning, in the back of my mind, I had my answer, but I always try to explore all options, minuscule or not. I figure it's alway good to think about things thoroughly, weigh the pros and cons and sleep on it. I do this mostly with anything involving spending money - especially a large amount of money at one time.

I sort of had an epiphany about decisions while I was trying to make up my mind about the 311 tickets. I normally buy two at a time, one for me and one for a guest. Sometimes I don't find a guest before hand...I just buy two and find one later. Two tickets was probably going to cost me about $115. Because of all the financial crap going around, my credit cards have become almost useless (except to send me outrageous monthly bills), so I would have to use actual money to buy my tickets, which is where I have been stuck. There's various things that I could do w/that money: pay some extra on my bills, put it in my savings, put it in my tire fund...all of which are much more practical than concert tickets. BUT these aren't just any concert tickets. these are 311 tickets...my boys, my band, a major component and love of my life. I passed up on seeing them last year because 1) I knew they were coming out w/a new album this year and would have new material and 2) They were playing w/Snoop Dogg...blech. So here is where I was torn. Be practical or, say fuck it, and see my band.

In making my decision I realized that the more we agonize over a decision, the more we probably know what the answer is or what the answer should be. The reason we agonize is try to and find a way out of picking the right choice and finding a way to justify it. Otherwise, why would we worry, stress and think so much about it? In the end, hopefully the right choice is made, even though it may still eat at you...it's really more of a bummed feeling because wanted both, but could only go with one decision.

That being said: I decided to pass on seeing 311. I am quite bummed about it and, well, writing this has kind of made me regret it, but I know if I had purchased the tickets, I would have regretted it more. Seeing them would be cool, but right now in my life I need to be more practical. So, come 07/12/2009 I will not be rocking out, but probably kicking myself in the ass.