I automated my decisions for week -- and it showed me just how much time I waste

John Loo/Flickr We make thousands of decisions each day, according to some estimates. Not all of them are equally important. Deciding what pants to wear and how to support a friend in need require different amounts of attention and mental energy, for example. There'ssome researchsuggesting that making decision after decision can drain your brain, leaving you less capable of handling hard choices as the day goes on. And though there'vebeen questionsrecently about how valid that research is, it do...