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Untangle a decision
Separate facts, assumptions, and priorities. Choose a small next step without asking a score to decide for you.
How to use this worksheet
Choose a bounded everyday decision and write the options you would actually consider. Use Facts for information you can verify, Assumptions for predictions, and Priorities for what matters to you. Something can matter without being a fact that needs proving.
Look for an influential assumption you can investigate. Your next step might be a question, a trial, or deciding not to take on a commitment. The worksheet organizes your own words; it does not rank your choices or produce a recommendation. The worked example shows how a class decision can become a smaller experiment.
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Name the question and the options you would genuinely consider.
What can you verify? Include a real deadline if there is one.
What are you predicting or interpreting? Uncertainty belongs here.
Name your priorities and any tradeoff between them.
Choose something practical that helps you learn before a bigger commitment.
Choose a moment to update the facts and decide the next step.
A worked example
Illustrative example · Your own answer can look different
- The choice
- Should I try the Thursday pottery introduction?
- Facts
- The class welcomes beginners. A one-session introduction is available. It runs from 7 to 9 PM.
- Assumptions
- I am assuming the group will already know each other and I will feel out of place.
- What matters to me
- I want a creative outlet. I also want to keep some evenings quiet.
- A question or small experiment
- Attend once if a place is available. Notice whether I enjoy the materials and find the pace manageable.
- When I will return to this
- On Friday, decide whether to ask about a longer course, another format, or neither.
When you return to your notes
When you return, change the facts that turned out differently. Keep your priorities separate from whether the trial felt comfortable in every moment. You can learn something useful and still choose a different option.
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