The Seven Steps
The best decision is the one you make before you have to.
Pressure is when most choices get made. Discipline is why the good ones still land.
This is for the other kind — made while things still work, when nothing is forcing your hand.
Seven steps follow. They assume you've taken that stance. Skip it, and they'll still work — but only ever in reaction.
Optional. Personal or work — the steps don't mind which.
Am I seeing everything — outside and inside — and do I know my real options?
What the walk surfaced
You answered all seven cleanly.
Which is worth a second look. A decision this tidy is rare — walk it once more before you commit, and notice where the easy answer was a little too easy.
Am I seeing everything — outside and inside — and do I know my real options?
What does what I see mean for me and my future?
What do I choose, and what do I let go of?
What do I commit — time, money, what else?
What do I rebuild in my setup — systems, routines, arrangements — so this holds by design, not by force?
How do I carry it through — the plan, and the follow-through?
What do I learn, and how do I get better?
Then it loops. What you learn at seven sharpens what you see at one — the next time, before you have to.