Comparing the offers makes the commute home feel longer.
Do you keep weighing which offer is better as you think about them on your way home?
Scenes
- Both seem like good options. — At a crosswalk on the way home, two offers come to mind. When you try to choose one, the other’s good points come to mind too.
- Their good points keep taking turns. — One offer lets you continue familiar work; the other gives you a new role. Thinking through their good points in turn keeps the comparison going.
- Without a yardstick, the pros just pile up. — When comparing job offers, look at them by the same criteria. Without knowing what matters to you, the pros keep piling up and the choice gets delayed.
- One thing to hold on to first — Tonight, write one line in your notes: “What I want to make sure I have in a new job.” Then compare both offers against it.
- Your own criteria bring the comparison to an end. — The pros and cons of the two offers may keep looking different, but you can decide what matters most to you. That one line can guide today’s comparison.
Stories by Baekho
- Baekho
- It’s true, but on my way home, I keep rephrasing it.
- Even grocery shopping makes everything I need to do today feel urgent.
- Every Sunday night, I rewrite what I’m looking for.
- I open the handover file before bed.
- At a red light, I think of what I’m good at in my work.
- The day before an important meeting, I swallow my words again.
- It feels like I’m giving up my career.
- When a request comes up in the group chat, I reply first.