🪫 The tiny choices stealing your energy

This week: Cut down on overthinking with a micro-decision audit

Hey friend 🧡

Mark and I have made a couple of small but powerful changes recently to help us stick to our health goals - and stay sane in the process.

One of the biggest shifts? Reducing how many decisions we make around food. We now follow the same meal plan each week. It’s not glamorous, but it saves us an hour of planning, makes the food shop quicker, and helps us eat more consistently. We mix it up now and then, but the default is set - and it works.

I’ve also committed to strength training five days a week. As a woman in her perimenopausal years, building muscle and protecting bone health has become a priority. I don’t debate with myself each morning — it’s just what I do on weekdays. I even lay my workout clothes on the bed as a cue for later. One less thing to think about.

All of this got me thinking about how much mental energy we spend on tiny, repeated decisions - and how freeing it is to take a few of them off our plates.

That’s why this week’s small step is all about simplifying your choices to reduce decision fatigue.

Take a moment to answer – it’s quick, anonymous, and I’d love to hear how you’re navigating this too!

Thank you, as always, for being here.

Louise x

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🛠 This week’s small step: A micro-decision audit

If your mind is constantly bogged down by making decisions, you’re not alone. Decision fatigue can leave you feeling drained but you can reduce it with just a little audit.

📝 Make a list of all the little decisions you make every day and then choose your most commonly repeated one – Think about what keeps popping up in your day, from what to wear to what to have for lunch. Pick the one that seems to drain you the most.

⚡ Simplify it – Once you’ve identified it, create a quick solution to make it easier. It could be a uniform or simple capsule wardrobe, meal plan or a shortcut to make the choice automatic.

🎯 Try it today: Take five minutes and set up your simplified solution for that one repetitive decision. See how much mental space it frees up!

🔗 Want to dive deeper?

• Read more about how to stop overthinking your decisions.

• Watch this TED talk about the paradox of too much choice.

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Finally: If you’re struggling, please don’t struggle alone.

Know that asking for help is a sign of strength not of weakness. Contact someone you can trust like your Doctor, a friend or a relative, or text SHOUT to 85258 (UK) to start a conversation with a crisis support volunteer.