My Brain Hurts: A Discussion Around Decision Fatigue Many of you have probably felt Decision Fatigue and didn't even know it. Working parents especially experience this problem, because they have at least 2 full time jobs - their actual paying career AND their full time job as a spouse and parent, let alone all the other roles they fill, such as friend, daughter/son, brother/sister, church member...the list goes on. In this week's episode of the Married & Confused Podcast, that my colleague and I host, we define and discuss decision fatigue. I wrote this blog post as a compansion to that episode. If you'd like to listen, here's the link. https://podcastle.ai/show/married-confused-4B72/episode-16-my-brain-hurts-a-discussion-about-decision-fatigue-CC85 . What Is Decision Fatigue? So, what, you might ask, is decision fatigue? According to the American Medical Association, Decision Fatigue is, simply put, is a " state of mental overload that can impede a per
Modern Marital Roles: A Blueprint for Mantaining Tradition & Equality in Today's Relationships We all have different ideas of what our roles and expectations should be in a relationship or marriage. Sometimes we have the same ideas as our spouse and other times, we're on separate pages in separate books. Either way, having designated roles is helpful for the smooth running of a household. And these roles should be discussed and established early in the relationship, but can be adjusted over time, to fit the changing needs of the family. These roles can include anything from Provider/Breadwinner to who does the laundry and will likely never be completely the same from couple to couple. I think it's important to develop marital roles based on each person's strength, but taking into account the couples' desire to lean toward more traditional roles or not. Below we will discuss some of the roles in a marriage: Provider Traditionally, this role invoves being t