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February 18, 2004
bad idea
overheard:
q: how does a person survive?
a: with experience
q: what kind of experience?
a: making good decisions.
q: how do you know if they are good decisions?
a: bad decisions.
there was one thing that i desperately wanted to know. what do you do when you know what the good decision is...but for some damned reason...you make the bad decision. over. and over.
i'm having one of those days. again.
Posted by heidijanet at February 18, 2004 01:18 PM
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My thought? Figure out what you like about the bad decision, and find another way to feed that appetite.
Posted by: Ariel at February 18, 2004 07:09 PM
Ariel is a wise woman.
Maybe part of the decision is right.
Posted by: Judi at February 19, 2004 12:09 AM
i'm sure some part of the decision is right. my mother wisely said once, "we don't get up in the morning and tell ourselves 'i'm going to do this really crappy thing and be miserable'".
it's just the knowing it will likely turn out poorly and doing it anyway that perplexes me.
Posted by: heidi at February 19, 2004 05:43 PM
Now I am really curious.
Posted by: Judi at February 19, 2004 05:56 PM
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