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Decision Friction Map

For when you keep circling a decision and calling the circling discernment.

The exercise

Some decisions are hard because they are complex. Others are hard because making them would end the story you have been using to delay.

Choose one decision you have been delaying.

What is the decision?
How long have you been delaying it?
What are the real options?
Which option are you secretly hoping becomes unnecessary?
What information are you still claiming to need?
If you got that information, what would still be hard?
Who benefits from your delay?
Who pays for your delay?
What are you afraid the decision will reveal about you?
What would you choose if you had to decide by Friday?
What would you choose if no one could praise or criticize you for it?
What is the smallest irreversible step you could take?

Completion promptI am not waiting on ________. I am delaying because ________.

Use this with AI

If you use ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI tool, paste your completed answers below this prompt to help organize your thinking.

I completed the Decision Friction Map. Help me identify what is actually slowing this decision down.

Look for:
1. Whether the friction is about information, risk, identity, obligation, timing, or courage.
2. What I am treating as a blocker that may only be discomfort.
3. The tradeoff I may need to accept.
4. The smallest clean decision or experiment available now.

Do not push me toward a dramatic move. Help me see the decision more clearly. Be direct, practical, and concise.

Here are my answers:

If this creates clarity but not movement

That is useful information. Sometimes the problem is not that you need more analysis. It is that the next step requires pressure, counsel, and a conversation with someone outside the situation.

If you want to inquire about a Clarity Session, send a short note with the completed exercise and a few sentences about why this matters now.

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