Dirk recently had a situation in which he needed to predict his availability for a work project that would be due in three months. Because Dirk understands the problems of knowing and remembering the self, he remembered to imagine the project as due this week instead of in three months. This change in perspective allowed him to accurately predict the amount of time and effort he would need in order to take on the project or not. Dirk's strategy was used in order to prevent which cognitive error