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Can someone please explain to me the logic here? If the invitation to do a gig/meeting/task involves some preparation that would take a day or two (say preparing a medium-size PowerPoint presentation), then I would definitely be happy that the gig/meeting/task is weeks/months away. Therefore, in those cases asking oneself if one would accept tomorrow doesn’t really help. I can think of many gig/meeting/task that would need one or two days of preparation and even some that would take several days of preparation. Am I missing something?
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In that case, imagine you have done the necessary prep work. Would you still want to go?
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Thanks for the question @Logolepsy it’s exacy what I thought and thanks for the answer, it’s what I would have wanted. I like to accept invitations that stretch me and the idea that I should only do things I already can doesn’t appeal. I’ll try it out next week.
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Would you still want to try it out, if you were going to try it out tomorrow?
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My answer to this question would always be “no”.
In fact, the only reason I do anything new is by forcing myself to say “yes” to stuff by default. Which is easier to do if it’s more than a week away.
As with most self-help advice, I suspect this is mainly useful to people who don’t need help to begin with. If you’re getting good advice from your emotions, then you’re fine.
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I’d be more likely to go tomorrow than at some point in the future after I’ve forgotten about it.
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Help your future self by imagining an invitation to a far-off event is tomorrow
Another rousing game of Diagram That Sentence!
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I’m going to miss it, whatever happens.
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I would always say “no”. I’m always busy tomorrow!
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