John_Maxwell_IV comments on Overcoming Decision Anxiety - Less Wrong

14 Post author: TimMartin 11 September 2014 04:22AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 12 September 2014 11:57:34PM 2 points [-]

once I begin thinking about a difficult decision my tendency is to want to keep going and reach some sort of conclusion

I think I remember reading that although making decisions causes decision fatigue, researching decisions does not. So you might try spending a lot of time brainstorming pros & cons for your decision, finding quotes from studies, etc. and compile them in to a big document called "guide to making decision X" for your personal use. The idea being to defer the actual stress of making the decision for the future and be able to do research, brainstorming, etc. without using up Stress Points.

Comment author: TimMartin 14 September 2014 02:12:40AM 1 point [-]

...I also had not thought to think of those two things as separate. Lots of good ideas for things to try. Thank you!