Highlights Introduction * Making decisions uses considerable mental energy which is limited (00:42 ). * Decision fatigue is real (00:52). * Educators make a lot of decisions - some significant - so it is definitely worth looking at ways to minimise the number of small decisions we make daily, to reserve energy for the big ones (01:42).

Small Decisions * Time for a brain dump (01:58). * List the small decisions you have to make every day. Examples (02:19): + What to eat for lunch/dinner. + When to each lunch/dinner. + What time to wake up and go to bed. + What to do at the gym. + What to wear to go to the gym. + What to wear to work.

What Can You Automate, Delegate or Eliminate? * Automate: make automatic, or at least systematised (03:10). * Delegate: perhaps to a partner, family member, friend or professional service provider (03:31). * Eliminate: get rid of completely! (03:48)

Automate * Fully automatic: social media, direct debits, comment bank (05:19). * Systematised: podcast workflow (Notion template), shopping list (Bring), The Teaching Space Extra (08:00).

Delegate * Gardening, cleaning and meal planning (Hello Fresh) - I fully acknowledge my privilege in being able to do this (10:33). * Skill swap with friends or family - just ask! I now have a new podcast interview editor… (12:03).

Eliminate * To eliminate decisions entirely, form habits (e.g. gym every day etc). Check out habits podcast episode theteachingspace.com/49, as well as James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits (13:34). * Examples: wake up time (see the sleep episode theteachingspace.com/109), clothing (like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Barack Obama!) (14:22). * Community example: Bob’s robot mower and mulcher (16:05).

Postpone? * Sometimes it is better to postpone (16:45).

Over to You * What about you? Let’s chat in the community (17:15 ).

Helpful links * The Teaching Space Community * Readwise * 5 Ways Teachers Can Mark Faster and Smarter and 5 More Ways Teachers Can Mark Faster and Smarter (podcast episodes) * Create Positive Habits That Stick (podcast episode) * How to Sleep Better An Interview with Daniel White (podcast episode) * Atomic Habits by James Clear * Notion template for podcasters * Bring app * The Teaching Space Extra