Principlev1
Design daily life to minimize unnecessary emotional overload
Design daily life to minimize unnecessary emotional overload through upstream interventions (sleep protection, situation selection, environmental design) rather than relying solely on moment-to-moment regulation.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from attention as finite resource (Directed Attention as Depletable Resource), glucose and cognition (Glucose-Cognition Dependency Threshold), person-environment interaction (Behavior is a function of both the person and their), affordances (Action possibilities exist in the relationship between an), and path of least resistance (Behavior follows the path of least resistance due to the). Prescribes preventive design strategy—actionable guidance that follows from understanding cognitive resource constraints and environmental influence.