My conflicting situation
B: Make more money so that I have extra money to spend
D: I must decide if I want to stay for work to get paid extra
A: The overall objective for this situation is to meet my needs for happiness
| C-D': | Assumption(s) | Injection(s) |
| Leaving work to play video games with my friends at home is fun. Video games provide happiness. | Video games are a waste of time because I don't gain anything from them. If I stay at work, I gain more money, but if I go home, I lose out on money, and gain happiness from having fun. |
C: Have fun with my friends playing games
D': go home to play video games with my friends online
In order to The overall objective for this situation is to meet my needs for happiness I must Make more money so that I have extra money to spend and in order to Make more money so that I have extra money to spend I must I must decide if I want to stay for work to get paid extra . But, in order to The overall objective for this situation is to meet my needs for happiness I must also Have fun with my friends playing games and in order to Have fun with my friends playing games I must go home to play video games with my friends online. I can't both I must decide if I want to stay for work to get paid extra and go home to play video games with my friends online.
| Relation | Assumption(s) | Injection(s) |
| D-D' | I cannot stay at work and make more money while playing video games at home with my friends because they are both in different places. I can choose one or the other, but not both. | I can only choose one, in which each solution will benefit my happiness in its own unique way. |
| B-D | Staying at work longer would mean that I would make more money overall. I get paid extra to stay at work in overtime. | Staying at work is not fun, but can contribute to my happiness because I will be more well off. |
| C-D' | Leaving work to play video games with my friends at home is fun. Video games provide happiness. | Video games are a waste of time because I don't gain anything from them. If I stay at work, I gain more money, but if I go home, I lose out on money, and gain happiness from having fun. |