3 ways to save your mental energy

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The average person makes 35,000 decisions a day.

Parents make that many before 9 a.m.

Breakfast battles, outfit choices, and school drop-off negotiations all happen before the markets even open.

By the time the desk lights up, your decision-making battery is already running on E.

That drain has a name: decision fatigue.

It’s the mental wear that builds when your brain is forced to make countless choices, leading to slower reactions, clouded judgment, and costly mistakes.

There are ways to manage it.

Here are three strategies that help me:

Take 5, tech-free

Five minutes with no screens. A quick walk, a breathing exercise, or a hot cup of coffee.

This small pause acts as a mental reset.

Default to routines

I don’t know about you, but when I get thrown off my routine, everything else feels in flux.

When this happens, I do my best to add in routines where I can. I focus on easy breakfasts. Tried and true outfits. Packed lunches the night before. 

These small adjustments make a big difference because they remove micro-decisions that drain my energy. 

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If/then rules

This is one of my favorites.

Pre-decisions create clarity and remove the stress of in-the-moment judgment. 

Instead of weighing every variable, the decision is already made.

• If my inbox hits 50 unread, then I’ll pause and clear it before taking more calls.

• If bedtime gets delayed, then story time shortens.

• If the meeting gets cancelled, then I’ll use that time to work on strategy.

Each rule conserves mental energy. When preset triggers replace dozens of micro-decisions, the brain has more bandwidth for the big calls.

As a parent in the capital markets, demands will never stop. But decision fatigue doesn’t have to run the show.

Challenge for the week: set one if/then rule at home or at work and put it into action. You’ll notice how much lighter the day feels when the decision is already made for you.

Keep stacking these rules, and watch how your clarity grows.

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