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• By late afternoon my brain is fried from a thousand tiny calls
• By the afternoon I can barely decide what to eat, because all day I’ve been making a hundred tiny calls
• I agonize over which coffee to order with the same intensity I bring to the decisions that genuinely matter, and I can’t tell which ones deserve that effort
• I burn so much energy every day deciding small stuff
• The same draining decision ambushes me over and over

Practices that may help

1. Eliminate recurring micro-decisions with standing rules
   Convert repeated low-stakes decisions into rules so willpower isn’t spent on them daily.
   The Not-To-Do List
2. Batch low-stakes decisions to reduce decision fatigue
   Group routine decisions into a single weekly slot rather than making each one as it appears.
   Task Batching: Grouping Similar Work to Cut Switching Costs
3. Recognize which decisions to defer or delegate
   Not every choice deserves your cognitive best — identify which ones merit serious deliberation.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
4. Reduce the number of options to increase follow-through
   More choices often means worse decisions and less action — limit options deliberately.
   Choice Architecture, Made Practical
5. Edit your choice environment upstream
   Remove options before the decision moment so the problem never arises.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
6. Pre-commit to a hard option limit
   Decide in advance how many options you will consider — then stick to that number.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
7. Reduce daily decisions to protect self-control
   Automate recurring choices so effortful self-control is reserved for decisions that actually matter.
   Self-Regulation Failure and Ego Depletion
8. Disagree and commit — reduce the decision drag of endless debate
   Decisions that are made and executed at 80% confidence are almost always better than decisions endlessly refined but never taken.
   Designing a Calm Company (Fried & Hansson)
9. Classify decisions by reversibility and stakes
   Sort decisions into low-stakes/high-stakes and reversible/irreversible before deciding.
   Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
10. Move fast on two-way doors
    On reversible decisions, decide with 70% of the information you wish you had — then adjust.
    The Two-Way Door

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