The Extraordinarily Ordinary » decision-making http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The math of wanting http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2010/05/19/the-math-of-wanting/ http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2010/05/19/the-math-of-wanting/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 03:15:42 +0000 jtal http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/?p=73 I’ve found a certain pattern in my thought process for wanting something important. Be it a new job, a change of location, a boyfriend, or the crown of a small country, it’s always the same. I think about it, I decide I want it, and that wanting increases to a level which is no longer [...]]]> http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2010/05/19/the-math-of-wanting/feed/ 0 So good bad, so bad good http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2009/08/09/so-good-bad-so-bad-good/ http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2009/08/09/so-good-bad-so-bad-good/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:18:46 +0000 jtal http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/?p=44 Have you ever gotten good news that really just made you feel worse than before you heard it?

I’ll give you an example. Two years ago, when I was fresh out of college and fresh out of job prospects, I was asked to come back for a second interview at a “marketing” company up in [...]]]> http://www.theextraordinarilyordinary.com/2009/08/09/so-good-bad-so-bad-good/feed/ 0