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Compare Two Visions of Your Future Self
You have two believable versions of your life in ten years, both possible, both with real trade-offs, and the gap between them has you frozen. This compares them in concrete daily terms rather than headlines: not the dream job title, but what an ordinary Tuesday morning feels like in each. Good for anyone stalled between two genuinely different paths.
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You have two genuinely different visions of what your life could look like in 10 years: {VISION_A} and {VISION_B}. Both feel possible. Both involve trade-offs. You are not yet sure which path to pursue and feel paralysed by the gap between them.
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**Compare both futures honestly before committing:**
1. Describe each vision in concrete, daily terms: not the headline, but what Tuesday morning looks like
2. Identify what each vision requires you to give up (not just gain)
3. Apply the regret minimisation framework: at 80, which path would you be more likely to regret not taking?
4. Assess path dependency: which choice closes more doors, and is that acceptable?
5. Identify the one piece of information, or one small experiment, that would make the choice clearer
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- Daily life description for each vision (one paragraph each, concrete and honest)
- What each requires you to give up (two lists)
- Regret minimisation result (your answer at 80)
- Path dependency assessment (which closes more doors)
- Clarifying experiment or information needed (one sentence)
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.