Decision journal entry in five minutes

Record what you decided and why, so future-you can learn instead of rationalise.

Any decision you'll want to review in six months.decisionsjournallearning

Help me write a decision journal entry. Ask me questions if needed, then write it.

The decision I made or am about to make: <what>
The options I considered: <list>
Why I chose this one: <your reasons, honestly>
How I feel about it right now: <one line>
What I expect to happen: <concrete, with a timeframe if you can>

Write the entry with these fields, in my words wherever possible:
1. Date and decision, one line.
2. Situation: what was true when I decided, 3 sentences.
3. Options considered and why each was rejected, one line each.
4. My reasoning, as stated. Then, separately: what a skeptical friend would say I might be missing.
5. What I expect to happen, and by when, in checkable terms.
6. What would tell me I was wrong.
7. Confidence: how sure I am, as a percentage, and why that number.
8. Review date: when to come back and compare expectation with reality.

Don't tell me whether the decision is good. Help me record it honestly.

Replace every <placeholder> with your own details before you send it.

How to use it

1Write the entry before you know the outcome. Afterwards, memory rewrites the reasons.
2Set a calendar reminder for the review date it gives you.
3Keep entries in one document. Patterns show up around the tenth one.

Reviewed 2026-09-20

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