Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue Analysis

Humans make decisions every day, some decisions take more thought than others, but each one requires time and willpower to determine. Many times, this thought process is too much effort on the brain, especially after long, tiresome days. The book Reading Critically

Writing Well contains a story titled Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue. This story by John

Tierney describes decision fatigue, which is ideally the overuse of our abilities to make decisions. This type of fatigue is unlike physical because you are not consciously aware of your tiredness. The author recounts of a study which discovered that judges were more likely to give parole to the prisoners seen in the morning and immediately after taking a recess. The prisoner's ethnicity or crime had no impact on the parole boards

The author makes a point that everyone suffers from decision fatigue, whether the person is rich, poor, old, young, etc. However, many do not notice or understand it is happening. As we continue to make decisions over a short period of time, our brains grow tired, resulting in us picking default options. To choose the default option would be to choose the

Mckelvey 2 safest choice with the lowest risk. Another alternative cause of decision fatigue is to act impulsively with little, to no thought of consequence. After reading this article, I have realized that I often experience decision fatigue, whether it involves school, shopping, or even sports.

The most recent experience being two days ago, whilst struggling to write this paper. When I awoke at about six in the morning, I felt motivated and prepared to create an outline and begin my essay. However, when I returned home from school I lacked (what I thought was) motivation to write the paper, and instead went to the gym. Like the author of the article had expressed, my decision was copacetic, easy. Looking back I realize it would have been wise