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by raylad 752 days ago
You need the inverse of all of the decisions:

"I decided NOT to invest in the stock market", etc.

2 comments

At least make it consistent. Why is it “I decided to quit smoking” instead of “I decided to start smoking”? The default is to be a non-smoker.
I think the only sensible consistency is to have both, not one or the other. To a smoker, the default is the status quo.
that, and i suspect that many started smoking when they were young, trying to impress their peers, following their parents or friends habits etc, and most importantly not making a conscious decision. "it just happened. i don't know why". you can't regret a decision you didn't make. same goes for alcohol. this is different from drugs where everyone says "don't do it", and so doing it is more likely to be a conscious decision.
Yup! I’ll get on it!