A Thought Exercise to Guide You Through a Really Hard Choice

For every big life decision, I consult my 6-year-old self and my 90-year-old self

Ashley Abramson
Forge
Published in
3 min readDec 17, 2020

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In three weeks, my husband, kids, and I are relocating from Minnesota to my home state of Wisconsin. It’s a decision that didn’t come easily. We’ll be uprooting lives we liked for new ones full of unknowns. Moving is draining…

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Ashley Abramson
Forge

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.