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SomeMichGuy 路 M
Hmmm...the "second-guessing" game can be harsh.
If this happens, esp. around decisions (and that is often where we put in such mental efforts), you might find Ben Franklin's method helpful:
take a sheet of paper, write the question in a yes/no form (or other binary choice) at the top, draw a vertical line in the middle, and write *your* reasons FOR the question (a "yes") on the left, numbering them. Do the same for *your* reasons AGAINST the question (a "no") on the right.
At the end, when you have thought of all of *your* arguments, see which has the greater number.
Choose that.
Caveat: you have to list the same level of reason; you might have bigger concerns and lesser ones. If so, that's fine, but try to be honest with yourself about whether or not reasons are of a roughly equivalent parity, in value to *you* (whether yes or no).
This is from his [i]Autobiography[/i].
If this happens, esp. around decisions (and that is often where we put in such mental efforts), you might find Ben Franklin's method helpful:
take a sheet of paper, write the question in a yes/no form (or other binary choice) at the top, draw a vertical line in the middle, and write *your* reasons FOR the question (a "yes") on the left, numbering them. Do the same for *your* reasons AGAINST the question (a "no") on the right.
At the end, when you have thought of all of *your* arguments, see which has the greater number.
Choose that.
Caveat: you have to list the same level of reason; you might have bigger concerns and lesser ones. If so, that's fine, but try to be honest with yourself about whether or not reasons are of a roughly equivalent parity, in value to *you* (whether yes or no).
This is from his [i]Autobiography[/i].
SomeMichGuy 路 M