Build a thinking session for a major strategic decision

Big decisions rarely get the uninterrupted thought they need; they get squeezed between meetings. This designs a session for one: a warm-up that shifts you from task mode into strategic mode, a structured middle that works the decision properly, and a close that lands a position. Give it the decision, the stakes and deadline, what you already know and where you are stuck, and it sets the session up.

I need to design a deep work session for strategic thinking on a significant decision.

Decision I am working through: {DECISION_DESCRIPTION}
Stakes and deadline: {STAKES_AND_DEADLINE}
Session length available: {SESSION_LENGTH}
Information I already have: {AVAILABLE_INFORMATION}
What is keeping me stuck: {STUCK_POINT}

Design the session architecture:
- A warm-up that gets me into strategic thinking mode (not task mode)
- A structured thinking sequence: problem framing, option generation, evaluation criteria, recommendation
- How to handle the temptation to gather more information instead of deciding
- Where to place deliberate pauses for reflection vs. active writing
- A session output format: what I should have on paper by the end
- A rule that prevents me from postponing the conclusion

Make the session architecture match the actual decision, not a generic framework.