Saturday, January 4, 2014

How can Decision Fatigue factor into my ability to Successfully Follow Healthy Habits


I'm thinking about starting blogging more frequently. I am trying to merge two thoughts that occurred to me as I was reading a couple of books that Carrie Willard wrote. The first idea is decision fatigue (from the Slash Your Grocery Budget and Eat a Whole Foods Diet with ALDI book) and the idea of energy and brain power that I drew out of Carrie writing about her analysis of her log (in the The How (and Wow!) of Habits book).

I've been through communication therapy. I live in a reality of expected outcomes of a resection of a brain-invasive tumor (five years ago). I called my communications therapist to float by her the question of "did we just not teach me about this because I am went about therapy my own way?" I didn't get a lead of "yes, that is something we're trained to help you with." I also didn't (exactly) get an "excited I think that you are onto something." 

So, I'm trying to jell in my mind what type of healing tool could be usable to move me to the next level of my recovery.
 
The first book provided me the "aha" moment, for which I was very grateful. The idea that maybe I can take a look at my communication disability closer, by myself, given that I am trying to communicate with myself around my disability.
 
Can I see a tree in the forest? Can I look closer at the trees in general? Think, think, think.