Lighten Your Mental Load at Work: A 45‑Minute Method
In under 45 minutes, discover how to spot your mental load, redesign your workflow to ditch unnecessary friction, and build daily habits that keep your energy and focus thriving.
What you'll learn
- Audit your calendar: Cancel or decline one recurring meeting with no clear agenda or decision this week.
- Create a ‘Worked Example’ template for your most common repetitive task (e.g., email, report, ticket).
- Turn off push notifications for Email/Slack/Teams; block three fixed check‑in windows each day.
- Rate your Mental Workload (1‑10) at three random times daily for three days; note the peak pattern.
- Add a 5‑minute ‘Shutdown Ritual’ at the end of the day: write top three priorities for tomorrow, close all tabs, take a breath.
- Block 30 mins ‘Movement’ on your work calendar (walk or stretch) and treat it as a mandatory meeting.
- Put your phone out of the bedroom 60 mins before sleep; use an analog alarm clock.
- Schedule a 15‑min non‑work connection (call a friend, grab a coffee with your partner, or a quick chat on Plunket’s parent forum) this week.
Course curriculum
- 1Lesson 1: The Hidden Cost of Carrying It All
Recognise the real impact of unmanaged mental load on your hauora, your team, and your bottom line so you stop normalising overload.
- 2Lesson 2: Your Brain's Bandwidth Limit (Cognitive Load Theory)
Distinguish between the three types of cognitive load so you can stop blaming yourself for 'not focusing' and start fixing the design of your work.
- 3Lesson 3: The Invisible Architecture of Stress (Psychosocial Models)
Use proven organisational psychology models to pinpoint exactly *why* your specific role feels crushing, so you can target the right lever for change.
- 4Lesson 4: Actual Work vs. Perceived Load — The Mental Workload Gap
Separate the objective volume of work from your subjective experience of it, so you can reduce the 'felt' load without necessarily doing less.
- 5Lesson 5: Design Your Day to Lower Extraneous Load
Apply information design principles to your personal workflow—email, files, meetings, notifications—to instantly reclaim cognitive bandwidth.
- 6Lesson 6: The Non-Negotiables — Sleep, Movement, Boundaries, Connection
Implement the foundational physiological and psychological maintenance routines that expand your cognitive capacity and buffer against stress.
Who this is for
For anyone dealing with “organisation”, no prior experience needed.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the course?
About 40 minutes, across 6 lessons with quizzes.
Do I need any prior experience?
None: the course starts from zero and goes straight to action.
How do I get the course?
By email, right after payment: a file you open in your browser, even offline.
Can I take it on mobile?
Yes: it works just as well on phone, tablet or computer.
Payment & guarantees
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