The holiday season (Thanksgiving thru New Year’s) is always talked about as the time to relax with friends and family, reflect on the previous year, think about the coming year, and just unwind a bit.
I find it anything but that.
This time of year consists of deciding what family member is hosting what event?
Do you have to travel, how far?
If you aren’t traveling, how much food do you need to buy?
What about gifts, for who, and how much?
There are various Christmas and Holiday parties everywhere.
Oh, wait this project must be completed before such and such date.
Oh, and we must get this done before this person leaves.
I think you get the picture.
I think for a lot of us, we may get to unwind on the holiday itself, but the time surrounding those couple of days is pure chaos and pandemonium.
Having all of these extra commitments on top of work will definitely affect our decision-making ability and compound our stress.
Check out this slide deck on Decision Fatigue and the steps I use to remove the clutter from my head.
Let me know how you reduce stress in your decision-making life!
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YOU USE ONE OF THESE
DECISION METHODS
IMPULSIVENESS Take the first option
The most comfortable or pleasing on
how it affects the people impacted
Ignoring decisions and responsibility
Analyzing the facts for the best decision
Putting the most effort on the decision with
the most impact
COMPLIANCE
AVOIDANCE
BALANCING
PRIORITIZING
SWIPE
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DECISION FATIGUE
Quality of decisions
decreases after
long sessions of
decision making
(conscious and
unconscious
decisions
SWIPE
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Negative Effects of Decision Fatigue
Wrong Choices
Poor Choices
Abdication of Decision Making
to Others
Impulsivity
Avoidance
SWIPE
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MOST IMPACTFUL DECISIONS EARLY IN THE DAY
TIPS FOR WORK
AUTOMATE THE REPETITIVE
DELEGATE/OUTSOURCE THE MENIAL
MAKE YOUR CHOICE BEFORE THE DEADLINE
IF A SURPRISE, DEEP-BREATH, COUNT TO 5 FIRST
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TIPS FOR HOME
SET CLOTHES OUT THE NIGHT
BEFORE
PREPARE FOOD FOR A FEW DAYS AT
A TIME
ENSURE YOU GET PLENTY OF REST
FIND ACTIVITIES TO DISENGAGE
