Preview: Nothing urgent, nothing heavy — yet you’re already tired.
1️⃣ The friction (felt moment)
It’s a normal day. Your calendar isn’t packed. Your task list is reasonable.
And yet, by mid-morning, you already feel mentally tired.
Not from doing hard work — but from deciding: what to start, what to ignore, what to remember, what can wait.
2️⃣ The invisible cost
Every small decision costs energy.
When those decisions stack up — what to work on next, where something lives, whether you’re forgetting something important — your brain stays “on” all day.
That’s cognitive overload. Not too much work. Too much thinking.
3️⃣ The principle (mental model)
Your brain isn’t meant to be a storage unit or a task manager.
It works best when it’s used for thinking, not holding.
The more your systems ask you to remember, choose, and re-decide, the heavier your day feels — even when the workload is light.
4️⃣ One small shift
Stop trying to keep things straight in your head.
Choose one place where everything goes — ideas, tasks, reminders, loose thoughts — without sorting or judging.
Capture first. Decide later.
Relief comes faster than you expect.
5️⃣ Notion
If you want a system that’s designed to carry that mental load for you — I’ve been building and using one that does exactly that.
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