The Teaching Space

Highlights Introduction Making decisions uses considerable mental energy which is limited (00:42 ). Decision fatigue is real (00:52). Educators make a lot of decisions - some significant - so it is definitely worth looking at ways to minimise the number of small decisions we make daily, to reserve energy for the big ones (01:42). Small Decisions Time for a brain dump (01:58). List the small decisions you have to make every day. Examples (02:19): What to eat for lunch/dinner. When to each lunch/dinner. What time to wake up and go to bed. What to do at the gym. What to wear to go to the gym. What to wear to work. What Can You Automate, Delegate or Eliminate? Automate: make automatic, or at least systematised (03:10). Delegate: perhaps to a partner, family member, friend or professional service provider (03:31). Eliminate: get rid of completely! (03:48) Automate Fully automatic: social media, direct debits, comment bank (05:19). Systematised: podcast workflow (Notion template), shopping list (Bring), T