AS A conscientious tracker of my health data, I have recently noticed a striking improvement in some key metrics. I sleep more soundly and my heart rate variability – which reflects physiological stress levels – has never been better. My mood is also a lot brighter.
I am conscious that correlation isn’t causation, but these changes have happily coincided with a new life hack I discovered a few weeks ago, which can help us all to manage our time more effectively.
It hinges on a psychological bias known as the “yes-damn” effect, which describes how we often agree to take on too…