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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Yourself When You Feel This Way
How temporary states can quietly shape permanent decisions
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“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.” — Daniel Kahneman
I’ve started paying more attention to the state I’m in before I trust the decisions I want to make.
I arrived at the restaurant after a very stressful day at work and told my good friend that I wasn’t going to run the Chicago Marathon.
He was quite surprised and asked me why.
I started telling him that it was too expensive, that I didn’t like the idea of ICE in the US, that it would be way too exhausting to travel again after my vacation, and a few other things.
I had a lot of reasons in my head.
It almost felt like I wanted to convince myself instead of explaining it to him, and I was totally convinced.
A few weeks later, after I had almost forgotten that evening, the thought of the marathon came back into my mind. I looked in the mirror, and this time I asked myself a…
