Did you know that we all make over 35,000 decisions each day? 35,000!
What to wear? Where to eat? Which route would be the fastest? What to do this weekend? What about the next holiday?
According to the American Medical Association (AMA) “Making decisions day in and day out can be exhausting and cause people to feel overwhelmed, anxious or stressed. This is known as decision fatigue, which is a state of mental overload that can impede a person’s ability to continue making decisions.”
Decision fatigue causes people to make rash decisions or avoid making any decisions.
Clutter, too, accumulates when we delay making decisions.
To avoid decision fatigue, we can develop daily routines, streamline our choices, and put less important choices on autopilot.
So make room for those decisions that matter by removing the need to decide about mundane things over and over again every single day.
20+ IDEAS TO REDUCE DECISION FATIGUE
Decide once…
what time of the day you wake up.
what you do first when you wake up.
what time of the day you go to sleep.
what you do before you go to sleep.
what colors, materials, and types of clothes you wear.
what you wear for work.
what time of the day you eat.
what you eat for breakfast and lunch.
what you eat for dinner on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc.
what groceries you buy.
when you buy groceries.
where you buy groceries from.
what you pack for kids’ lunches and snacks.
what type of presents you buy for birthdays and holidays.
when you exercise.
when you meditate.
when you clean.
when you cook.
when you do the laundry.
when you check email.
when you check social media.
how you commute.
where you keep your keys and other stuff.
Look at all the decisions you make every single day. Is there a way to eliminate the need to make those decisions? Think about how you can simplify your life and leave more room for the things that matter the most.
What is the most important thing I can do today? This week? This month? This year?