baseline

Someone once told me about an interesting thing - baseline.
I myself have not really think about it before, though I have heard about it. But now, I have gotten myself to think about it, now and then, as I have not really figured out how could I apply it in my every day life.

This baseline thingy is basically giving your ownself a limit or tolerance on things that you can accept. Having this baseline is like having a guide in things you do, instead of doing things aimlessly and heading nowhere. It is to help you make decision in life.

It could be a very simple thing, like buying stuff. You want to buy something, and you target for certain price (your baseline). If the price is over your target or budget, you will just try to find for lower price. And when you find price that meet your baseline target, you will buy it, instead of trying to look for even lower price. Imagine, if you have not set the target (baseline), you will not know whether you are looking for higher price or lower price, you will be struggling when your options become more and more. Same thing can be applied in other aspect, instead of price.

You may think that, "Oh, that is what I usually do when I am buying things". But have you ever try to expand this kind of thinking methodology in other aspect of life? In making decisions in work, maybe? What are the things you can accept, what you cannot; what you should accept, what you should not?

A simple methodology, but when comes to implementation and application, not everyone able to do it well for everything. And there may be some things that cannot be done in this way, I assume. I am not sure, therefore, still trying to learn on this.

Still learning.