Comments on: The fine art of the pro/con list

By: Status quo...for now | Autumn At Oak Hollow

Status quo...for now | Autumn At Oak Hollow — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:59:01 +0000

[...] big decision I was pondering a couple of weeks ago has been resolved. My pro/con list was very helpful and now that the decision has been made I feel [...]

By: Luckily Heather

Luckily Heather — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:01:54 +0000

It sounds more like you need a Paris Geller type list. She was always assigning different worths to things and making the whole pro/con thing a lot more complex. I recommend putting them in order of importance. Like the very best pro at the top and the very worst con at the top so you can directly compare them.

By: katy

katy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:01:04 +0000

LOL! Consider which of the choices is something that you have to do now and will never get a chance at it again. For example, everything else can wait while my kids are little because they’ll never be this way again. I also consider how it affects my family. If it takes too much sacrifice on their part for me to do my thing, than it’s not right for me. Good luck.

By: Colleen - Mommy Always Wins

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:47:57 +0000

Yep – its a word now!

I think all Hubby’s get that manual once they say “I do”.

I use my pro/con list as a therapeutic means to get out what’s in my brain. I sometimes write in bigger, bolder font (even in handwriting) those items that are a bigger deal to me – looking back once the list is done its usually pretty obvious what my decision should be.

If that doesn’t work, I sleep on it for a few nights. (If possible, that is.) It usually works itself out in my own brain.