I'll link to the article when I get the regular computer up and running later.
UPDATE: Here is the link
Sherbert update
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Decision Fatigue
There is a particularly interesting article in the New York Times about making decisions. Basically, it's really tiring, you have a budget of how many you can effectively make during the day. Exersizing willpower is effectively making a choice, like going to the buffet and restricting yourself to salad instead of the yummy orange chicken. Carrying your lunch in a bag eliminates the need to make a decision and thus conserves your willpower. A shot of sugar helps you make more effective decisions. Eating an apple on the way home from work should help me make better dinner decisions. My interest in cognitive behavior therapy and needing to have some structure in the diet and exercise world makes sense with this perspective: making a rule not to eat doughnuts means "no choice" and making an appointment to exercise means "no choice". It also explains what I know so intuitively about days with lots of meetings. If I am running them, they are very very tiring.
I'll link to the article when I get the regular computer up and running later.
UPDATE: Here is the link
Sherbert update
I'll link to the article when I get the regular computer up and running later.
UPDATE: Here is the link
Sherbert update
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2 comments:
at last!
I get exhausted by constantly negotiating exercise and diet
it is easier for me to exercise every day than decide on a lesser number and have to choose
lookign forward to the link
(and bon voyage, have a great vacation)
Liz
Thanks - updated now with the link. One of the points of the article is ALL decision-making takes its toll - so if you have lots of things to decide at work or with the family, diet and exercise decisions become harder and harder. Better to just make it a rule, like you said.
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