Decision fatigue is no longer a laboratory curiosity — it is the default emotional weather of high-functioning adult life. What the research from Baumeister, Iyengar, and a landmark PNAS study of parole judges actually shows, and the small adaptations that quietly work.
An empathetic, evidence-anchored look at the so-called Sunday Scaries: what anticipatory work anxiety is actually doing to people, why it has worsened, and the small, durable habits that quietly help.