It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal living daily episode, two thousand one hundred and three, the decision filter how to reduce daily decision fatigue by Anthony Hungaro of break to switch dot com, and I'm just a molecule or personal narrator. Reading to you, with permission from the authors, like over lots of topics like personal development, self help mindfulness happy as many things I think can help me live a more meaningful life in just a few minutes every day. A real, quick thanks to anchor for hosting the spot cast anchor is the easiest way to make upon cast they'll distributor pod cast for you, so it can be heard everywhere spot by Apple Podcast, Google, podcast and many more. You can easily make money from your bike ass to, with no minimum listener. Ship anger gives you everything you need in one place for free which it can use right from your phone or computer creation was lighter, recording Eddie, you're podcast, so it sounds great download the anchor up or go to anchor dot fm to get started

now on Monday. I usually cover minimalism one of our most requested topics, so Dallas get right to the minimalist Monday post. As we often as your life. The decision filled her how to reduce daily decision fatigue by anti ungarish of break the Twitch Stockholm, we make thousands of decisions every single day, both consciously and unconsciously. turning you more than you'd think decision fatigue is real disposed. Will discuss decision fatigue, how it affects you and how to create a mental filter that helps you figure out how to choose What really matters to you from the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep. We ask our brains to guide us in the best possible way. I was hoping to end up making the right vision, this news or not as news glasses or contacts, white or brown socks, eggs. Only

or no breakfast at all, Dr Bus or bike. Twenty two jacket drip or a cappuccino. What should I work on? First? Which email should respond to? First? for lunch. I could spend his entire article running out decisions made in the first sixty minutes of every day, but all spare you that most of these decisions, take only ashore moment and seemingly little effort, but the collective effect is what should really concern you with each vision made our ability to effectively make the right one decreases, in other words, at the day you are more likely to cave to cravings and decisions requiring more discipline like sticking to a particular diet, you more likely to make an impulse purchased a dozen align with what you intended to buy. If you're overwhelmed with potential options, men have already been

aid with decisions all day. This phenomenon is called decision fatigue, which simply means that the more decisions we have to make throughout the day. the worst we get, I'm making them when we are Well, my choices we tend to choose poorly, even if the choices are insignificant, Mark Zuckerberg talks about why he wears a grey t, shirt every single day to avoid decision for tee, so it can give his best efforts to building Facebook. One of the solutions that my wife, Amy and I are pursuing is reducing the total number of decisions that we have to make in daily life some margin Luxembourg and his grey shirt minimalism as a philosophy helps us reduce decision fatigue in many ways. By reducing the excess things in our lives. We have less that requires attention and decision making you never have to decide

but organise or where to put the clutter that doesn't exist. Timothy Ferris author of the for our work week recommends that you make the first hour of your day, one hundred percent decision free by already knowing exactly what it will take to do, what you need to do and precisely how you'll do it? While both scenario seem ideal, they can be difficult to execute man take time, into place. Improving the decision making process is possible, starting today, with just twenty to thirty minutes of work, build a mental filter for your brain to make quick decisions easier, just like an air filter for your home Since most of the dust particles from getting to your lungs, a decision filter helps prevent most of your decision. Hence from engaging your discipline when you It's a decision running through the filter. First, if it makes it through myth worth your continued consideration, if not let it go

create your own decision. Filter is as simple as creating a series of yes or no questions to ask yourself. My filter only has three core questions, as I have sometime boiling down what I want for the next few years of life number one. I want to travel as much as possible, visiting family and friends. I love travelling visit, places and seeing friends and family all over the world. Whenever looking at a new gadget use of time or money. I ask myself what this make it easier for me the travel more frequently number two, I won't have as much control of my time as possible, by spending less and reducing our overhead. Like debt payments living expenses, we create more, opportunities, flexibility and options for increasing time. While I, absolutely love my job, but Sunday we may want some element of location independence living abroad. So I ask myself what does offer a future monitor?

They return that may allow me to build time, wealth and increase our flexibility number three. I want to foster creativity and all forms of health. This one is pretty simple. My just ask: will this. foster creativity or improve my physical and mental health. The fact is sometimes the answer to these actions is a resounding no I'll. Do it anyway, because it's worth the sacrifice, these questions indeed have helped me cut. Em spending on things that don't serve my purposes as much as we like it, not to sometimes little dust Mesa through the air filter You just listen to the post titled the decision filter how to reduce daily decision fatigue by

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you want to buy them and then which one to buy and then, when you're finally ready to check out they throw that little candy bars and snacks, and so does and gum, and all that stuff right in your face seeking quickly added on when your decision fatigue is at its worst leading to a not so great decision. More for you, for them is great tack on a few extra dollars so being aware of. This is really helpful coming in with it grocery lesson getting straight to that list helps, but even as Anthony mentioned, having a decision filter or eliminating some decisions earlier in your day, can definitely help to something as simple as having a more wardrobe can affect your decision making throughout the day as crazy. As I might sound and not only that it saves you time, which is our most precious resource so think about our little minimalism can go a long way in your life today may enjoy them best of your day. I'll, be curetting articles for you again here tomorrow, where optimal life awaits,