I have a related issue when there is a Bad Thing I expect to happen, but don’t know when it will happen. Maintaining a state of readiness for the Bad Thing is costly; failing to be in a state of readiness when the Bad Thing finally happens is even more costly. I have irritating decision paralysis when looking at such things too closely...so I put it off. Too much.
(the specific Bad Thing I’m thinking of involved slowly dying relatives located on the other end of expensive travel, and for whom we were responsible for all arrangements. There is only so much time one can take off work continuously before you can’t pay the rent anymore; but making multiple trips is also extremely expensive)
I have a related issue when there is a Bad Thing I expect to happen, but don’t know when it will happen. Maintaining a state of readiness for the Bad Thing is costly; failing to be in a state of readiness when the Bad Thing finally happens is even more costly. I have irritating decision paralysis when looking at such things too closely...so I put it off. Too much.
(the specific Bad Thing I’m thinking of involved slowly dying relatives located on the other end of expensive travel, and for whom we were responsible for all arrangements. There is only so much time one can take off work continuously before you can’t pay the rent anymore; but making multiple trips is also extremely expensive)