Imagine a response, resource or future direction · D6.14

Preview an upcoming task's practical obstacles

You want to prepare for foreseeable complications.

Everyday practice

Try these steps

1. Walk through an ordinary upcoming task in words or images.
2. Identify one or two likely practical obstacles, avoiding an exhaustive worst-case rehearsal.
3. Prepare a resource or fallback for each, then stop planning until new information is needed.

An example

For an appointment, I check the route and keep the contact number in case I am delayed.

Reflect

Did the preview produce a useful preparation?

Next time

Revise when relevant details change.