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Do You F*cking Mind?

75. Decision Fatigue, Cogntivie Ease and Tackling Procrastination

Do You F*cking Mind?

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9914 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This episode explains what decision fatigue is, how we have a quota of decisions we can make in a day before we start to struggle, how it affects our impulse control and our tendency to procrastinate. It covers the importance of making habits in your life, and explains what cognitive ease is and how to become a better analytical thinker.

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0:00.0

Okay, everyone, welcome to today's episode, episode 75. I'm going to be talking about decision making,

0:07.6

decision fatigue, the combination of if you have decision fatigue and perfectionism, impulse control,

0:15.3

all that kind of stuff, including procrastination and all of that. So what I want to be talking

0:19.7

about is why it's difficult

0:21.9

to make decisions at certain times, what happens when that's going on? And also little kind of

0:26.4

hacks that you can include into your life to improve your decision-making ability and to

0:31.5

improve your impulse control. Because impulse control and decision-making is kind of the same thing.

0:37.2

It's this decision to hold back

0:39.5

or to cave in and do, like to, you know, eat that thing that you were aiming not to eat or whatever.

0:46.3

So also, in addition, I'm going to tie into how habits, rituals, routines can really, really play a massive role in this and how it can help

0:55.7

you out. And yeah, I'll kind of delve into that whole habit routine thing and a little bit

1:00.4

later in the podcast. So first things, first weekly update. I actually just had my second

1:07.9

vaccine today. So I'm really tentative on how I'm like, what I'm

1:12.9

going to do for the next day or two, because last time it really, like, put me through the ringer.

1:17.5

Only for like 24 hours, just over 24 hours.

1:20.1

It really wasn't that bad, but I felt like I just had like a fucking flu.

1:23.9

So, yeah, so I asked the lady if the same thing would happen.

1:27.1

She's like, couldn't really tell you.

1:28.5

Just brace yourself just in case.

1:30.2

But most people on their second shot won't feel as bad as their first.

1:34.0

So stay tuned for that.

1:37.3

Secondly, I think I'll just announce it to you guys right now

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