Decision Architecture
Decision Fatigue Test: Score Your Cognitive Depletion in 2 Minutes
Measure how depleted your decision-making capacity really is. Willpower is not a personality trait. It is a finite resource.
What this measures
Willpower is not a personality trait. It is a finite cognitive resource that drains across the day, and the choices you make at 8 PM are not made by the same brain that made decisions at 8 AM. Roy Baumeister called this ego depletion. Shai Danziger's 2011 study of Israeli parole judges showed it in the wild: parole rates of 65% right after a meal break dropped to near zero before the next break. Same judges, same cases, depleted reserves. Most people read those late-day collapses as character. They are cognitive inevitability.
How it works
The six questions are built around Baumeister's ego depletion research and Danziger's judicial-decision findings, measuring five dimensions of decision capacity: cognitive load, avoidance, impulsivity, decision quality under pressure, and recovery speed. Each item uses a four-point scale with concrete behavioural anchors rather than abstract self-ratings. A composite score sorts you into one of three profiles: Strategic Decider, Depleted Decider, or Decision Overwhelm.
What you'll get
You'll see your composite fatigue level and the dimension hitting hardest, plus a tiered action plan. Strategic Deciders get protection routines. Depleted Deciders get a 'eliminate ten daily decisions this week' protocol with morning-batching for high-stakes calls. Decision Overwhelm gets a 48-hour decision moratorium because at that level, structural triage outperforms any willpower-based fix.