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  • Why Do Small Decisions Feel Exhausting by Evening?

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    Understanding Decision Fatigue Almost every day, around dinner time, I stand in my kitchen staring at the fridge like it has personally wronged me. Dinner feels like a decision I simply do not have the energy to make. I just… can’t do it. So I reorder something DoorDash and waste money on something I don’t…

  • Why Do I Underestimate How Long Things Take?

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    The planning fallacy explained. I sat down to quickly write this article, thinking it would only take 30 minutes or so. Now I’m looking up and realizing it took much longer than I expected.I’m behind on my other tasks. I guess I should cancel dinner plans to catch up… Optimism Bias in Action It almost…

  • Why Do I Procrastinate on Small Tasks That I Actually Want to Finish?

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    The Psychology Behind Micro-Procrastination There’s a small task I’ve been carrying around in my head all week.It would be faster to do it than to keep thinking about it, but somehow I haven’t started.I just can’t make myself do it… Why do small tasks feel like mountains to climb? You might delay a complicated project,…