Monday thoughts

How I've been reducing decision fatigue

When I was little my mum always used to lay my clothes out for school the night before. Leaving everything out in a neat pile on the chair at the end of my bed.

Now, 45 years later I’ve started doing the same thing.

I read an article recently about decision fatigue and the fact that every day we have to make literally 100s and 100s of decisions. Some big - “Shall I apply for that job” and some small - “which earrings should I wear”

In fact, research mentioned in this article suggests that the average American adult makes over 35,000 decisions per day. I don’t know about you but my jaw hit the deck when I read that. With figures like that it’s no surprise that by 6pm I can find myself staring into the kitchen cupboard trying to muster up the willpower to cook a family meal.

So, in no particular order I present to you a few things I have been doing to reduce the number of daily decisions I need to make: