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Decision making prompts
Pros, cons, trade-offs, the should-I that has been open for weeks.
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- creative Decide which side project to commit to when you only have time for one
Pick the one project you will actually finish instead of half starting three.
- money Compare a fixed savings bond against an easy access account for a specific lump sum
Work out if locking that lump sum away actually pays for itself.
- life Decide whether to negotiate or accept a house survey's list of defects
Work out which survey defects are worth negotiating and which are just noise.
- play Decide which two hobbies to keep when you can only realistically sustain one
Work out which hobbies you actually enjoy versus which you keep out of guilt.
- self Decide whether to confront a friend about a recurring pattern of lateness
Work out if the lateness is worth a conversation or just a workaround.
- self Critique your own week to find the habit quietly costing you the most time
Find the one habit from last week that quietly ate more time than anything else.
- work Decide whether to accept a counter offer from your current employer
Work out if a counter offer actually fixes the reason you started job hunting.
- work Compare two ways of running your team's weekly stand up
Settle the stand up format debate with a proper side by side, not a vibe check.
- play Decide which board game to buy for a group whose tastes do not overlap
Pick a board game that will not die after one round with this group.
- learn Turn a messy list of things you want to learn into a realistic study order
Work out which of your ten half-started subjects to tackle first.
- creative Reframe a rejected pitch or submission as data instead of a verdict on your work
Turn a form rejection into a next step instead of a verdict on your talent.
- self Decide whether to confront a friend about a repeated pattern or let it go this time
Work out if this is the time to say something to your friend, or the time to let it go.
- learn Decide whether to challenge an exam result or accept it and move on
Work out if your exam result is worth formally challenging or worth letting go.
- learn Decide whether to learn guitar or piano first as a complete beginner
Stop dithering between guitar and piano and actually pick one to start this week.
- play Compare speedrunning a game versus playing it for full completion
Decide whether to chase a personal best or actually see the whole game.
- play Explain how a season pass or multi day ticket compares to buying single entries
Work out if that annual pass pays for itself or just for your optimism.
- self Summarise a stretch of journal entries into an honest snapshot of the period
Get an honest read on a stretch of journal entries without wading through them again.
- life Decide whether to renovate the kitchen you have or extend into the garden
Work out if renovating or extending actually gets you the kitchen you want.
- money Decide whether to overpay your mortgage or top up savings this month
Work out where spare cash does more good this month, mortgage or savings.
- learn Decide whether an online course or a book is the better next step for a skill
Work out if you actually need a structured course or if a book would do the job.
- self Reframe a habit you keep failing to keep as a system problem, not a willpower problem
Stop blaming yourself for a habit that was badly designed from the start.
- life Decide whether to confront a friend about a pattern of cancelled plans or let it go
Work out if the cancelled plans are a pattern worth mentioning or just life.
- money Decide whether a mentor you have been offered is the right fit before you commit your time
Work out if a mentoring offer around your money or business plans is worth your time.
- learn Compare two online courses covering the same skill before you pay for either
Work out which course actually teaches the thing, not just markets it best.