Decision Fatigue Guide

Deciding what to eat, wear, answer, or do next can consume more of an ADHD day than the work itself. This guide explains why, without pathologising it, and then reduces the number of decisions you have to make.

The second half is practical: a page for building your own defaults, and permission to keep them boring.

Inside

A plain explanation of decision fatigue in ADHD
A defaults page for meals, clothes, and daily admin
Three rules for deciding faster when it matters
A short script for saying 'you choose'

This one is still being typeset — it will appear here shortly.

Added 30 May 2026

If this one helped

A few others from the shelves that tend to sit well beside it.

Planners

Weekly ADHD Planner

A week on one page, built around energy rather than hours. Three priorities, not thirty tasks.

Templates

Dopamine Menu Template

A menu of things that genuinely help you, written down in advance — so you don't have to think of them when you need them most.

Templates

Focus Sprint Printable

A single sheet for one short stretch of work: what you're doing, what you're not, and where to put the distractions.

If these pages help, there is a longer one.

It's Not Laziness, It's ADHD is the notebook these resources were drawn from — written slowly, for women who are tired of feeling behind.

Read Emma's Notebook →Back to Cheat Sheets