Decision fatigue can wear down your motivation, making it nearly impossible to achieve your goals. Here's how to avoid it, says BenjaminPHardy
Here's an example: If you're only 98 percent committed to a diet, in every future situation you're in, you have to ask yourself,"Is this one of those times I'm going to eat outside the diet?" By asking this question, usually, while you're in the heat of the moment, you have to weigh back-and-forth in your mind what you're going to do. This whole"back-and-forth" decision-making process leads to decision fatigue or a loss of willpower.
By only being 98 percent committed to a goal or principle, you lack the ability to adequately predict your own behavior. You often enter situations where you don't know what the outcome will be. You deal with decision fatigue in the heat of unideal decision-making situations, such as when you're being offered your favorite dessert. By watching yourself repeatedly fail on your"commitment," your identity becomes confused as does your confidence.
If you do find yourself in the heat of the moment and are struggling with your resolve, there are two helpful strategies. One is called"Implementation intentions," and what it means is that you've created a pre-planned response when you're triggered to do something you don't want to do. You create an"if-then" scenario, such as,"When Steve offers me a soda, I will tell him I'm on a diet.
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