Decision Fatigue Management requires honest implementation, not perfection. In this candid episode of The Legal Yogi podcast, host Vanisha Weatherspoon shares her real-world experience implementing decision fatigue strategies while juggling a corporate law practice, yoga teaching, and personal commitments. She reveals which techniques transformed her work-life balance—including energy-based scheduling that protects her peak morning hours and an evening tea ritual that finally helps her wind down. Vanisha also gets honest about what's been harder than expected, like creating templates and maintaining consistency during stressful periods. This isn't a polished success story; it's the messy truth about managing mental exhaustion at work through trial and error and self-compassion.

What You Will Learn in the Episode:

✅ How to implement energy-based scheduling to protect your peak mental hours for essential decisions and align tasks with your natural productivity rhythms instead of fighting against exhaustion

✅ Real strategies for email batching and setting workplace boundaries without damaging professional relationships, including how to manage colleague expectations when changing your responsiveness patterns

✅ Why self-compassion practices matter more than perfection when building productivity systems—and how to anticipate setbacks during stressful periods while maintaining progress in your decision fatigue management journey

✅ The transformative power of evening wind-down rituals like the tea ceremony for reducing corporate burnout and creating clear boundaries between your active workday and restorative personal time

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Vanisha shares her personal decision fatigue management check-in, discussing real implementation experiences beyond theory in corporate America

04:33 Three core strategies: energy-based scheduling, email batching, and template systems to combat mental energy depletion

08:52 Energy-based scheduling results: protecting late morning peak hours for critical decisions and scheduling lighter task prioritization for afternoon energy dips and the tea ritual

15:05 Email batching challenges overcome: breaking compulsive checking patterns, establishing workplace boundaries, and using "received" responses for better communication

24:45 Future decision fatigue management plans: decision auditing, strategic delegation, meal prep systems, and maintaining evening wind-down rituals for sustainable work-life balance

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

💎 Decision fatigue management is an ongoing process, not a one-time fix—it takes 28 days to build habits, and strategies require conscious effort before becoming automatic, especially during high-stress periods in corporate wellness environments

💎 Energy-based scheduling delivers the most significant impact by aligning critical decisions with your natural peak performance windows (9-10 AM for Vanisha) while reserving depleted afternoon hours for routine administrative work and lighter tasks

💎 Email batching requires setting clear expectations with colleagues and using simple responses like "received, will get to this" to maintain responsiveness while protecting focused work time and reducing constant decision-making about each message

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