A co-worker of mine turned me onto a lot of self-improvement

A quick story on indecisiveness. I had a country home. There were only two ways to get to it. Both were of equal distance. The only difference was which farms I'd pass. One day on my way home I was struck hard with indecisiveness. I was at the traffic light that would decide which route and suddenly I couldn't make up my mind. I was near panic, so much so that when the light turned green I sat there not going anywhere.

The incident shook me to my core. Why was there any issue at all? I never decided which route. I was so overwhelmed with sitting at a green light that I just went straight. There was no longer a choice to make.

To clarify, I was later diagnosed with an infection that invaded my brain. A few years of antibiotics and I was up and running again. The point here isn't the infection. It taught me that decision making is a function of a particular part of the brain. If decisions are difficult for you it is not a weakness, or character flaw, or being too flighty to make up your mind. It's brain wiring.

I don't know if that tidbit will help you, but it helped me to focus on that brain function rather than the choices and then I was able to come to my decisions. They say when you focus on your brain parts that they get more blood flow and thus more oxygen.

I do like the five count idea. I don't know why it should make a decision easier other than giving yourself time and a distraction. I don't have indecisiveness any more, but I think I can apply that to some other brain issues I suffer. I hope things work out for you.