Why Does MORE Choice Lead to LESS Joy?

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘆? (𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲)

Ever stood frozen in the cereal aisle, paralyzed by 50 different brands? Or spent 20 minutes scrolling Netflix just to rewatch The Office again? You’re not alone—science proves that too many choices can actually make us less happy.

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻:
🔹 The Paradox of Choice: Why more options = more stress (and worse decisions)
🔹 How Your Brain Runs Out of Fuel (yes, decision fatigue is biological)
🔹 Real-World Consequences—from midnight dating app swipes to impulse buys
🔹 3 Simple Hacks to regain mental energy and simplify your life

𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧: 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨—𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲? 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺 (𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶!). 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮!

1. The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz - https://amzn.to/4kX6r3n
2. Do Less by Kate Northrup - https://amzn.to/4112zaf
3. Time Timer Original - https://amzn.to/3UoZFsd

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀

1. Iyengar & Lepper (2000) – "When Choice is Demotivating"
http://bit.ly/4eYvTUK

2. Baumeister et al. (1998) – "Ego Depletion"
http://bit.ly/4kRL0AQ

3. Danziger et al. (2011) – "Extraneous Factors in Judicial Decisions"
http://bit.ly/4lI8I3G

4. Schwartz et al. (2002) – "Maximizing vs. Satisficing"
http://bit.ly/40SwXUz

5. Trinh et al. (2021) – "Time-of-day changes in physician clinical decision making: A retrospective study"
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8448311/

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