I recently came across a study that estimated the average person makes around 35,000 decisions every day.
At first, I thought there was no way that could be true.
But researchers say that number includes everything from automatic, unconscious decisions throughout the day to the hundreds of conscious choices we make about our time, attention, priorities, food, work, and responsibilities.
It's no wonder so many of us feel mentally exhausted.
Decision fatigue is real.
And one of the things it often leads to is procrastination.
Not because we're lazy.
But because we're tired.
As I reflected on that this week, it reminded me why Week 5 matters so much.
The goal wasn't just to make a decision for the sake of making one.
The goal was to make a few important decisions now so you don't have to keep making them later.
Because once you've decided:
โ๏ธ what you're building
โ๏ธ who it's for
โ๏ธ when you're going to work on it
โ๏ธ what completion looks like
...a lot of other decisions become easier.
It's easier to protect your time when it's already on the calendar.
It's easier to say no to distractions when you've already committed to a direction.
It's easier to avoid overbuilding when you've already decided who you're building for.
It's easier to keep moving when you've already defined what progress looks like.
Many times, we think making the decision is the hard part.
But often the decision is the thing that creates peace.
Because now you know what you're moving toward.
You don't have to keep reconsidering it every day.
You can simply take the next step.
So if you've completed Week 5, take a moment today and celebrate that.
You made a decision.
And that decision may remove hundreds of others in the weeks ahead.
Now stop revisiting it every day and start building.
Let's keep going. ๐