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I think I have two questions pretending to be one

Mira K. · 3 days ago · Naming the question

Every time I write down 'should I move', a second question turns up underneath it about the work I would leave behind. Has anyone found a clean way to split a knot like that without losing the part that actually matters?

  • Framing the question
  • Timing and pace
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  • Tomás · 2 days ago

    When I split one, I keep both and mark which one has to be answered first. Often the second one turns out to be a criterion of the first rather than a question of its own. Does yours behave like that?

    • Mira K. · 2 days ago

      That reframing helps — the work one really is a criterion. I'll try writing it that way and see if the first question survives.

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  • Anke · yesterday

    I write both on separate lines and leave them a week. Usually one of them has quietly stopped mattering by then.

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