15 August · An open question can have a next check-in.

Uncertainty

I feel impatient when plans are still undecided.

A little room to breathe.15 August

Uncertainty

“τὸ βουλεύεσθαι δὲ ἐν τοῖς ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ, ἀδήλοις δὲ πῶς ἀποβήσεται, καὶ ἐν οἷς ἀδιόριστον.”

English translation

“Deliberation is concerned with things that happen in a certain way for the most part, but in which the event is obscure, and with things in which it is indeterminate.”

Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics, c. 350 BCEIII.3, 1112bEnglish translation by W. D. Ross (1925)Read the source ↗

An open question can have a next check-in.

Unsettled plans can keep tugging at your attention because there is no clear point when you can stop considering them. You may not be able to decide everything now, but agreeing when to revisit the question can give the waiting a more manageable shape.

ONE SMALL STEP

Ask when the decision can reasonably be made, then agree on a time to check back.

A little room to breathe.15 August

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