Every choice has an energy cost. Learn to manage your budget | Psyche Videos
Cognitive load is like playing an iterated game of diminishing returns. Every choice—every click, every scroll—saps a little more of your mental energy. By the time you’re 20 decisions deep, your ability to make intentional choices is shot. It’s not that you’ve lost the game; you’ve been worn down by it.
In behavioral economics, this is known as... See more
In behavioral economics, this is known as... See more
Decision Fatigue is Real—Make Important Choices Early 🕰️
Your brain has limited decision-making power each day.
✅ Make critical decisions in the morning, when your mind is fresh.
✅ Automate small decisions (like meal choices or routines) to free up mental energy.
✅ Create systems to reduce unnecessary decision-making (e.g., batching tasks).
💡 The fewer
... See morewe make a lot of decisions. Like, a lot. Constant decision-making is one of the reasons you don’t have energy for things that matter to you.
Kendra Adachi • The Lazy Genius Way
Decision fatigue is a cognitive shortcut that causes irrational trade-offs in decision-making.2 It emerges when mental resources are depleted after making numerous decisions, leading individuals to favor immediate gratification, oversimplify complex decisions, or default to familiar, less optimal options.
The phenomena of decision fatigue can affect even the most rational and intelligent individuals, as everyone can become mentally exhausted. The more decisions made throughout the day, the harder each decision becomes for us. Eventually, the brain looks for shortcuts to circumvent decision fatigue, leading to poor decision-making.