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Perfectionism can impact lives in many ways. It can also contribute to cognitive fatigue, and in this episode two potential ways in which perfectionism can increase cognitive fatigue are outlined and and exercise is provided to explore alternatives.

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The brain works differently when creating an idea than it does when making finalizing decisions regarding that idea. While creation can be uplifting decision making can contribute to fatigue. But we can't and shouldn't avoid making decisions. So how can we reduce our decision fatigue? Find out in today's episode.

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We have the tools available to us now-a-days that can help reduce the amount of time we spend on many activities, and while this is generally a good thing it may create an unrealistic perception that we can get an increasing amount of activities done per day.

We need to stop comparing our brains to computer processors and start using the time we create for ourselves to reduce cognitive fatigue instead. This episode provides an alternative perspective you can start exploring today.

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This is the start of a series of episodes that dive deeper into potential factors that can contribute towards the experience of cognitive fatigue, which at best can leave us experiencing occasional brain fog or mental tiredness and at worse could be a large contributor to burnout.

Today's episode focuses on the role that context switching can play and how that can appear in your day to day life.

An exercise that can be used to increase focus and reduce context switching for a few minutes is the exercise of "Engaging the Senses" and can be listened to by clicking the link below;

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/18879080

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What is going on inside your head today? Have a listen and understand a little more about the frequency of your thoughts, and learn about the concepts of hot and cold cognitions.

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It is reasonable to accept that the person you are now is different from the person you were in the past, but how aware are you of the changes in your perspective, or attitude? Check out this episode and start questioning what may have changed about your own self perception.

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We can't achieve everything on our own, so while learning to support yourself is critical there is reciprocal benefit to be found in asking for and receiving support from friends and family.

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Today's episode is a small repeatable exercise encouraging you to engage your senses in the simple process of preparing and/or consuming some food or drink. The goal is to focus on how this mundane task is accomplished and improved by paying closer attention to the automated skills involved.