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Care Pack #006

Decision Overload Pack

Limit → Sort → Choose → Commit

Before we start, how overwhelmed do you feel right now?

Decision overload happens when the brain has processed too many choices in too short a time. It is not weakness. It is cognitive depletion.

The goal is not to make better decisions. It is to make fewer decisions right now.

Priority Filter

Three buckets only. Must is capped at 3 items. This is intentional.

Must0/3

Empty

Should

Empty

Could

Empty

Constraint Model

Instead of "what is best", ask what fits your current reality.

Time available?

Energy level?

Reversibility?

2-Minute Triage

Will this take less than 2 minutes?

Good Enough Framework

Three criteria. If all are met, it is done.

Decision Snapshot

For moments of total freeze. Two options at a time. That's all.

How does your decision load feel now?

Most decision fatigue comes from keeping too many options open. Close them one by one.

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