What am I saying?⌗

Mental fatigue is your mind’s ability to self-regulate breaking down over time.

When mental fatigue gets high, you don’t want to do anything responsible. You feel lazy, unmotivated, and avoid effort. For example, after a long day of work, you know you should eat healthy, but you don’t want to deal with it.

From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed, mental fatigue slowly increases.

Fatigue⌗

This is all speculation on my part, based on my own thoughts and experiences.

Imagine that as you go through the day, you gain about 1% of fatigue every X minutes. Certain activities spike it much faster. For example, every meeting might add around 5% or more.

Everyone is different. Fatigue builds differently depending on the person, their job, their stress level, and their environment.

The goal is not to ever reach 100% fatigue. Once you’re there, you’re basically just doing whatever makes you feel good in that moment, even if it’s not good for you long-term.

Information overload⌗

This also applies to information gathering.

Every video, article, livestream, or notification adds a little bit of fatigue. According to an article from Minecheck, humans observe the equivalent of around 74GB of information per day.

Even if we aren’t consciously paying attention, our brains are still processing it. Each piece of information adds X% to mental fatigue.

Over time, this constant input makes it harder to focus, make good decisions, or stay motivated.

What makes you get fatigued faster?⌗

  • Social media
  • News
  • Life responsibilities
  • Stress
  • Work

How to reduce mental fatigue⌗

  • Listening to music
  • Going to the gym
  • Taking a nap
  • Meditating
  • Journaling

These don’t remove fatigue completely, but they help slow it down or reset it enough to function again.

Socials⌗