{"podcast":{"title":"7 Good Minutes","slug":"7-good-minutes-5802935","podcast_index_feed_id":5802935,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5701156/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://7goodminutes.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/36fedd14c5aed4de57873f077240d55a.jpg","author":"The Extraordinary Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"New episodes are published every day, including 7 Good Minutes and 7 Good Minutes: Extra. Follow the show so each new episode is ready when you need it. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@7goodminutes 7 Good Minutes is presented by OCEANSCAPE and published by The Extraordinary Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T20:19:03.702292+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/7-good-minutes-5802935"},"episode":{"title":"Why One Small Decision Feels Impossible When You're Tired","slug":"why-one-small-decision-feels-impossible-when-you-re-tired","published_at":"2026-09-19T05:00:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/7-good-minutes-5802935/why-one-small-decision-feels-impossible-when-you-re-tired","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/7-good-minutes-5802935","url":"https://7goodminutes.com/guides","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75204206/7gm_09192026_podcast.mp3","summary":"It's late, the day is behind you, and one tiny choice stops you cold. Which shirt. Which takeout place. Which of two birthday gifts. You go back and forth, and then comes the second sting: I handled real problems today, so why can't I handle this? This episode explains what's actually happening. When two options are close, people slow down and spend the most time on the choices that matter least. Add a long day, and the mental work of separating two near-identical options starts to feel expensive. The stall isn't a character flaw. It's a close call meeting a tired mind. You'll finish with a different read on those moments: the difficulty is telling you the options are close, not that the decision is important. And close means either one works. Follow 7 Good Minutes for new episodes every day. Watch 7 Good Minutes on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@7goodminutes 7 Good Minutes is presented by OCEANSCAPE and published by The Extraordinary Network.","meta_description":"It's late, the day is behind you, and one tiny choice stops you cold. Which shirt. Which takeout place. Which of two birthday gifts. You go back and forth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":318,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/7-good-minutes-5802935/episodes/why-one-small-decision-feels-impossible-when-you-re-tired/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/7-good-minutes-5802935/why-one-small-decision-feels-impossible-when-you-re-tired.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}