Make Too Many Decisions
Sometimes it is hard to sleep with the daily pressures of work and other life stressors. However, making a large decision, for instance, about that new work budget, right when you wake up. Even seemingly unimportant decisions, like what to wear to work should be made in advance the day before. Battistelli states “having a routine in place lets your brain work a bit on autopilot in the morning, meaning that you’re not wearing down your brain early in the day with ‘decision fatigue’…You don’t want to waste each day’s finite amount of energy and brain power on silly things like ‘What should I wear today?’ or ‘When will I be able to exercise?”
Even if there are some of these things on our list that you simply can’t avoid doing, it is important to at least be mindful of their effects and how they can influence how you feel later in the day.
