Jack, this is valuable information.  I had not thought of decisions as 'important' distractions, but they are. I'm not even an over analyzer before I make a decision, but you're right. They are exhausting sometimes. I have found what you said to be absolutely true. I took a class one time (maybe 25 years ago) where the instructor told us to plan our day first thing in the morning. I tried that and it never worked because transition is hard for me. If I am going to be productive at all, I need to plan my week before it starts and plan my day the night before. If I do it in the morning, I lose an hour and if I am really honest, I probably lose even more than that.  Great post!