Avoid Decision Fatigue Before It Slays Your Creativity

‘I just can’t be bothered.’

‘I’m just too tired.’

‘I don’t have the energy today.’

Haveyouevermadethese types of excusewhenit’stimetowrite or to create?

If you have, don’t beat yourself up. It’s natural to procrastinate about a decision when you’re tired.

In a 2009 study, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, carried out an experiment whereby he asked students to sit next to a plate of fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookies.

He gave permission to some students to eat the co...