I use the same principle when considering purchases. Most of the time, I realise that the new thing with gather dust or it won't change my life in the way the ads would have me believe. This was made clear to me when I realised that ads generally sell you a lifestyle, a vision of what your life could be like if you owned this new thing, rather than a picture of the reality. I've never regretted not buying something after envisioning.
I find envisioning harder to do with life decisions such as new jobs or hard conversations because people are far less predictable than products. In those times, I usually come back to the outfit vs haircut vs tattoo idea that someone else came up with. Basically, is this decision an outfit I can quickly change if I don't like it, a haircut that will grow out in a short time, or a permanent tattoo decision. Most of my decisions are outfits or haircuts that are impermanent and can be changed if they don't work out.
I use the same principle when considering purchases. Most of the time, I realise that the new thing with gather dust or it won't change my life in the way the ads would have me believe. This was made clear to me when I realised that ads generally sell you a lifestyle, a vision of what your life could be like if you owned this new thing, rather than a picture of the reality. I've never regretted not buying something after envisioning.
I find envisioning harder to do with life decisions such as new jobs or hard conversations because people are far less predictable than products. In those times, I usually come back to the outfit vs haircut vs tattoo idea that someone else came up with. Basically, is this decision an outfit I can quickly change if I don't like it, a haircut that will grow out in a short time, or a permanent tattoo decision. Most of my decisions are outfits or haircuts that are impermanent and can be changed if they don't work out.