Every open decision
runs quietly in the background,
draining you a little all day.
What to work on first.
Whether to check the phone.
Which of the ten things matters.
Deciding the same thing again and again
is how you get tired without doing anything.
So decide once.
Then turn it into a rule
you don't have to revisit.
Deep work before noon, no exceptions.
Phone in the other room until lunch.
The hard task first, always.
A rule you set when you were clear
protects you in the moment you're not.
Save your willpower for the work.
Don't spend it re-litigating your own day.
– Serguey Asael Shinder
