future self

Sometimes a decision arrives before its explanation does. That does not automatically make it wisdom — or a mistake. Why Do Some Decisions Feel Right Before We Can Explain Why? Sometimes I know what I want to do before I know how to explain why. An invitation arrives and something in me immediately wants to…

Every long-term plan contains an assumption about a person we have never met: our future self. Why Do We Make Plans for a Future Self We Don’t Know Yet? Every time I make a long-term plan, I am making decisions for someone who does not exist yet in exactly the form I imagine: my future…