Digital shortcuts and cognitive load
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Digital shortcuts and cognitive load
An additional upshot to discipline is that it limits the decision fatigue that plagues so many of us. A consistent morning routine eliminates scores of choices every day. Habits remove other choices. Time blocking removes more choices about when you’ll do what type of work. Every decision removed from a day frees up mental and creative energy that
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No one questions the importance of having physical spaces that make us feel calm and centered, but when it comes to your digital workspace, it’s likely you’ve spent little time, if any, arranging that space to enhance your productivity or creativity.
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We could have both, but we decided the extra cognitive load of tags wasn’t worth it. For decades, because the search options available were so poor, the neurotic hamster in us went into fear tagging mode. You’d read a thing and you’d instantly give it as many topic tags as you could come up with to increase the chances of finding it again: #machine... See more
Welcome to Sublime
1- Offload some of your thinking. Instead of relying on your mind alone for information processing and decision making, use tools for thought that help you collect and connect ideas together.