Ditch Your Pro-Con List: How to Make Better Decisions with the Help of Your Future Self

Do you struggle with big decisions? Ditch your pro-con list!

When faced with a major decision such as whether to get married, whether to go back to school, whether to have a child, or whether to move to an entirely new place, we often find we don’t have the tools we need to make a good decision.

Philosophy to the rescue! In this video, I bring ideas from philosophers Ruth Chang and Agnes Callard together to provide practical advice about making potentially transformative decisions.

// BACKGROUND READING AND VIEWING
Ask your future self to make your hard choice thereinventionproject.net/2024/08/23/day-139-ask-y…

Agnes Callard on self-cultivation and aspiration thereinventionproject.net/2024/05/30/day-54-agnes-…

Finding confidence for a chosen path thereinventionproject.net/2024/05/15/day-39-should…

How to make hard choices | Ruth Chang    • How to make hard choices | Ruth Chang  

Aspiration vs Ambition with philosopher Agnes Callard. The Agency of Becoming.    • Aspiration vs. Ambition with philosopher A...  

Hard Choices by Ruth Chang (2017) philarchive.org/rec/CHAHC-8
Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming by Agnes Callard (2018)

www.amazon.com/Aspiration-Agency-Becoming-Agnes-Ca…

// ABOUT ANNE
I’m a Gen X former data scientist and AI/ML specialist living in a suburb of Denver with my 80-something mother, 20-something daughter, and six pets.
I am undertaking a year-long reinvention project to figure out who I want to be after leaving the corporate world in April of 2024.

I study philosophy, psychology, and other topics that will help me live my best life. I share what I find here and elsewhere on the web.

I share weekly progress in my newsletter: annezelenka.substack.com/

I blog daily here: thereinventionproject.net/