The curse of choice.

"If you don't want to do something, just don't do it." - Mthoko M. Mpofana

We live in a world of many choices & hence, many paths in life. While having many choices sounds great, it poses a hidden risk. Think of it as a multiple choice question; if there were one correct choice everyone would get the answer right &, unfortunately, if there were only one wrong answer - you'd either have the choice of getting the question wrong or leave it out & get it wrong anyway. At least, you know what you're getting with the one choice you have as opposed to getting caught up in many nuances that could or could not make sense.

In South Africa, we have laborious & frustrating PayPal accessibility. So much so that we have to risk getting our funds out of our own PayPal accounts via scammers & very tiring bank routes for both the bank & customer. Now, if PayPal were not a choice at all & we had to simply get deposits into our bank accounts or cryptocurrency wallets - it would be so much easier but unfortunately there are online spaces where there are no routes to gain finances except through PayPal or not get them at all. If there were no PayPal, we'd have not gotten paid & when there is PayPal, we risk being scammed. My choice was simply no longer using PayPal unless I absolutely have to, it is so laborious & requires so much for a simple request of gaining your own money that it becomes almost not worth it. It's like someone calling you out for a pick-up game when you're at your worst, so you practice until you get better & when you you're finally ready - they figure you're too good & try everything to stop you from playing them. It's futile. 

I'd rather have a clear working PayPal or just not use PayPal to get paid in South Africa at all, regardless of the money I am missing out on. Why are we given choices to dead-end avenues? It's just a waste of our time, energy & potential. Freedom of choice is sometimes a curse.