> I was burdened with the mental labour of making this decision

But why, I always enjoyed having a choice. I also drove for a long time with several roads to choose, and I liked that each time I could like "naah, the sunset must be better on that road tonight, let's check it out" or "hopefully there's some fog going down the slopes today on another road". It's not labour, it was fun to play, kept out of boredom. Sometimes I even took roads that took longer just to have something new.

I believe you dread choices only when you try to min-max your life, overoptimizing every single choice. Just relax and let the life go its way.