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Decision making prompts

Pros, cons, trade-offs, the should-I that has been open for weeks.

• play Decide Whether to Enter a Competition or Exhibition for Your Creative Work

  Work out whether the creative competition or exhibition is worth entering before the deadline passes.

• play Decide Whether to Quit Something You Have Already Invested a Lot of Time In

  Work out whether to keep going or cut your losses before you spend more time on something that is not working.

• work Compare Two Approaches to Pricing a Freelance Project

  Choose the pricing model that fits this project rather than the one you default to.

• play Decide Whether to Continue a Hobby That Has Stopped Feeling Fun

  Work out if the hobby needs a rest or if it has actually run its course.

• life Summarise the Key Decision You Are Avoiding and Why

  Name the decision you are avoiding and what avoiding it is actually costing you.

• life Decide Whether to Take Out Insurance for Something Specific

  Work out whether the insurance is worth paying for before you commit.

• creative Decide Whether a Creative Side Project Should Stay a Side Project

  Work out what you would lose if you turned the thing you love into the thing you do for money.

• creative Compare Two Ways to Develop a Creative Practice Alongside a Full-Time Job

  Find the approach to a creative practice that is actually sustainable alongside the day job.

• life Decide How to Handle a Difficult Conversation With a Parent or Sibling

  Work out how to have the family conversation without making it worse than it needs to be.

• life Summarise the Tradeoffs in Choosing Where to Live

  Find the trade-off in a where to live decision that is easiest to overlook in the research phase.

• creative Decide What to Do Next After Finishing Something You Were Working Towards

  Work out what to do after finishing something big when the obvious next step is not obvious.

• creative Compare Two Creative Mediums You Are Considering Taking Up

  Find the creative medium that fits your life and attention rather than just what sounds appealing.

• self Decide Whether a Value You Have Held for Years Still Fits

  Put a long-held value under the same scrutiny you'd give a new idea.

• self Decide Whether to Address a Recurring Pattern in a Close Relationship

  Work out whether to say the thing you keep not saying.

• play Decide Whether to Pursue a Side Project Seriously or Stay Casual

  Decide if the side project should become a real project before the question becomes urgent.

• work Decide Whether to Speak Up About a Workplace Policy You Think Is Wrong

  Work out whether raising the policy issue is worth it and exactly how to do it if it is.

• creative Decide Which Direction to Take a Stalled Creative Project

  Pick a direction for the project that has been sitting there waiting.

• play Decide Whether to Drop a Hobby That No Longer Feels Rewarding

  Work out if the hobby is worth keeping or if you are allowed to stop.

• learn Compare Learning From Structured Courses Versus Learning From Doing

  Work out whether to take the course or just start making things.

• life Decide Whether to Make a Major Life Move for a Relationship or Opportunity

  Make the move decision with more than just gut feeling and fear.

• work Compare Two Ways of Structuring a Project Before You Commit

  Pick the project structure that will hold before you build on it.

• play Compare Two Ways to Spend Leisure Time on a Hobby or Skill You Are Learning

  Find out which way of spending time on a hobby will actually make you better at it.

• play Compare Two Board Games to Decide Which One to Buy

  Two games, one shelf space: get the head-to-head before you spend the money.

• life Decide Whether to Contest a Bill or Charge You Think Is Wrong

  Work out if the wrong charge is worth the fight before you pick it.

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