What Can I Do About Decision Fatigue?

7 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker addresses the problem of decision fatigue that professionals face due to the sheer number of daily choices they must make. He argues that the key to avoiding mental exhaustion is to eliminate unnecessary decisions by automating routine actions and imposing structure on the day. Specific tactics include putting wake‑up and bedtime on autopilot, scheduling all activities in a calendar so the day runs on pre‑set plans, and pre‑planning meals to remove food‑related choices. The overarching message is that a modest amount of organization, rigor, and pre‑planning can preserve decision‑making energy and prevent fatigue.

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This is another good one, decision fatigue. So how do we avoid getting tired of making so many decisions a day? I think most professionals have hundreds, if not thousands, of decisions to make a day, and a lot of them are made unconsciously, right? So the way that we walk to work or the thing that we choose for lunch or whatever, sometimes it just happens on autopilot. But the only way to combat that is actually to know what you don't need to make decisions about and what gives you energy rather than what drains you. So for me, I don't really make decisions about when I get up or when I go to bed. It's on autopilot. I don't make decisions about what I do in a certain day because it's all in my calendar, so I lean up against that. I don't have to make choices. And I also don't really make many decisions about what I eat because I basically plan ahead and have that all organized so I know exactly what I'm doing when. So a little bit of organization, a little bit of rigor and structure will help you avoid having decision fatigue.