Offer Letters Expire — Calendar the Reply Date

Silence is not a negotiating strategy forever.

Field notes on Offer Letters Expire — Calendar the Reply Date — messy, usable, long enough to act on.

Write the reply deadline; ask for extension in writing if needed.

1. Observe once at the hour you'd actually use it.
2. Write the Chinese name the same day.
3. Keep proof for money steps.
4. Build a backup before you need it.
5. Revisit after thirty ordinary days.

Myth worth dropping

"More research always means a better decision." Sometimes it means avoidance. Decide, date it, revise later.

Defaults beat novelty. Near beats famous. Dated notes beat memory.

Protect your Tuesday-night self — that's who lives with the plan.