Each decision costs mental energy. What to wear. What to eat. How to respond. By day’s end, the accumulated decisions exhaust the mind.
This is decision fatigue. The quality of your choices declines as the number of choices increases. This is why important decisions should happen early, before the day’s drain accumulates.
Reduce trivial decisions. Routines eliminate the need to decide. Standard meals, standard clothes, standard processes free mental energy for decisions that actually matter.
What trivial decision could you eliminate through routine?