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The One Second Decision
The idea of forethought is to think about what happens if you make a decision right now, rather than optimizing for pleasure in the moment. "What do I feel like when I go to bed tonight? I'm racked with shame and guilt and insufficiency," he asks himself. The same thing goes for this: What would have had to have happened by the end of lockdown for you to look back on lockdown as a success? You're allowing some of that future pain to get front loaded into this decision-making process so it's no longer as hidden.